News – Page 24 – Stephen Hicks, Ph.D.

Upcoming talk at Representational Art Conference, Ventura

I’ll be giving an invited talk at The Representational Art Conference in Ventura, California, from October 14-17, 2012, hosted and organized by California Lutheran University. My talk will include themes from my essay “Why Art Became Ugly,” first published in Navigator magazine and subsequently translated into in German [pdf], Korean [pdf], and Spanish. Other invited […]

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Explaining Postmodernism as university textbook

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I learned this week that my Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault will be used this academic year as a textbook in philosophy courses in New York, Canada, and South Africa. How cool is that.

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Farewell to summer 2012

Italian culture

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Just to allay anyone’s concerns: my business trip to Europe to film for Artistic Genius was not all and only art-related work-work-work. I made sure to experience a wider range of Italian culture. Sometimes it takes effort trying to be a Renaissance man.

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Shawn Klein on Harry Potter

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My Rockford College philosophy colleague has a new article out in Reason Papers, “Harry Potter and Humanity: Choices, Love, and Death” [pdf]. Here is the entire Volume 34 Reason Papers issue. Professor Klein is also co-editor of the anthology Harry Potter and Philosophy, part of Open Court’s popular culture and philosophy series.

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My TAS talk on “Public Policy, Objectivism, and Entrepreneurship”

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I’ll be speaking at The Atlas Society’s annual conference in Washington, D.C. This year’s conference theme is “Either-Or: Atlas Shrugged and the Future of Individualism.” The abstract for my talk: Objectivism’s ethical philosophy is highly entrepreneurial, emphasizing initiative, self-responsibility, and self-creation. Consequently, Objectivism’s political philosophy is entrepreneurship-friendly, emphasizing the protection of individual rights necessary for

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John Allison to become Cato’s president

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According to this report in the Washington Times, Edward Crane is stepping down and John Allison is stepping in at the Cato Institute. Here is my extended interview with John Allison for Kaizen, in which we discuss his education, career at BB&T, philosophy of management, and views on the value of money.

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Loyola MBA business ethics course

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This summer I will be teaching an MBA business ethics course at Loyola’s beautiful downtown Chicago Water Tower location. My (updated) syllabus and schedule are available here at my Courses page. Bragging rights for Loyola: Its business ethics program ranked tops by BusinessWeek.

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