Stephen Hicks contrasts egoism with both altruism and predation. This is from Part 12 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: Individualism: self-responsible living and the virtues. Next: Optimism: philosophy and history. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks discusses Ayn Rand’s ethical theory. This is from Part 12 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: Liberal politics. Next: “Primacy of Existence”. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks discusses individualism and the virtues in Objectivism. This is from Part 12 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: Human nature: mind/body integration, volition, reason and emotion, tabula rasa morally Next: Egoism versus the false alternative of altruism or predation Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks discusses Ayn Rand’s optimism about human potential. This is from Part 12 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: Egoism versus the false alternative of altruism or predation. Next: The purpose of education. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks discusses Ayn Rand on the Romantic sense of life. This is from Part 12 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: Introduction: Rand’s entrepreneurial philosophy. Next: Liberal politics. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks discusses the debate over whether Existentialism is individualist. This is from Part 11 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: Assessment. Next: Contra the good-news-sunny-skies approach to life. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
Stephen Hicks discusses Camus’s interpretation of the Myth of Sisyphus and its implications for Existentialism. This is from Part 11 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: God is dead. Next: Jean-Paul Sartre and “Existence precedes essence.” Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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When I was teaching out east some years ago, I noted a Philadelphia Inquirer piece on the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement. This organization, firmly in the grip of zero-sum anti-humanist environmentalism, was calling for the elimination of human beings by unspecified means. I expect that VHEMT’s members are no longer with us, but somehow the
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