The modern West is hybrid civilization, drawing upon competing ethical traditions from Greco-Roman culture and Judeo-Christian religion. Professor Hicks illustrates the contrast by means of a thought-experiment survey about the Declaration of Independence and Priests’ Vows. This is from Part 5 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-3: Previous: Six questions in ethics. Next: […]
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Stephen Hicks here discusses egoism’s view of the meaning of life. This is from Part 5 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: Our hybrid civilization. Next: Egoism: end in oneself, self-responsibility, investment, achievement. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks here discusses egoism’s view of individuals as ends in themselves and as self-responsible. This is from Part 5 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Egoism: What is the meaning of life? Next: Egoism’s educational mission. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks connects the ethics of egoism to its educational mission. This is from Part 5 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Egoism: end in oneself, self-responsibility, investment, achievement. Next: The Myth of Gyges. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Ethical theories give us principles of good and bad and right and wrong, but they also depend upon assumptions from metaphysics, epistemology, and human nature. Stephen Hicks here introduces six primary questions in ethics. This is from Part 5 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-3: Previous: [Part 4: Human Nature]: Sex education? Next:
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Stephen Hicks here discusses how different theories of human nature lead to radically different views on sex education. This is from Part 4 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-3: Previous: Cognition: theory and/or practice. Next: [Part 5: Ethics] Six questions in ethics Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the
Stephen Hicks here contrasts Semmelweis and Abraham as cognitive and moral role models. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Kierkegaard’s lesson: Abraham as a model of faith. Next: [Part 4: Human Nature] Five issues in human nature. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to
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Not a perfect analogy, but a disturbing anecdote and an intriguing comparison: “Some of the savage nations in North America tie four boards round the heads of their children, and thus squeeze them, while the bones are tender and gristly, into a form that is almost perfectly square. Europeans are astonished at the absurd barbarity
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