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Egoism: end in oneself, self-responsibility, investment, achievement

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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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Egoism’s educational mission

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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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Six questions in ethics

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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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Sex education?

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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

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Choose your hero–Semmelweis or Abraham?

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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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Adam Smith on slaves to fashion

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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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Two more virtues: independence and courage

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In the light of Asch’s conformity experiments and Milgram’s obedience experiments, Stephen Hicks discusses their implications for educating students to think for themselves. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Milgram’s obedience experiments. Next: The value of reason. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to

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The argument from evil

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From Part 2 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Here he presents one of the classic arguments against the existence of God and the consequent counter arguments over its strength. Clips 1-7: Previous: The argument from design. Next: Metaphysics and method. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.

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