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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Stephen Hicks here discusses the Myth of Gyges. This is from Part 5 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 Clip: Previous: Egoism’s educational mission. Next: Predation’s solution: power, aggression, win/lose. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
Stephen Hicks here discusses the predatory ethic’s response to the Myth of Gygess. This is from Part 5 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: The Myth of Gyges. Next: Altruism’s solution: selflessness, sacrifice, lose/win service to others. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks here discusses altruism’s solution to the Myth of Gyges. This is from Part 5 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: Predation’s solution: power, aggression, win/lose. Next: The Three Options Chart Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Here Professor Hicks develops a three-dimensional chart to contrast egoism, altruism, and predation. This is from Part 5 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: Altruism’s solution: selflessness, sacrifice, lose/win service to others. Next: Role models in ethics. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks here contrasts egoism, altruism, and predation by means of the role models they recommend. This is from Part 5 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: Altruism’s solution: selflessness, sacrifice, lose/win service to others. Next: Cases: money, sports, sex, gifts, charity. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the
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Stephen Hicks here connects ethical theories of egoism, altruism, and predation to radically different approaches to money, sports, and sex. This is from Part 5 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: Role models. Next: [Part 6: Transition] Philosophy “horizontally”: metaphysics, epistemology, human nature, ethics. Return to the Philosophy of Education page.
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