At the end of this post, a reader identifies me as a pile of human excrement who attacks the rich and advocates the elimination of the middle class. Here’s the comment: You attack the one percenters and the leader of the huge corporations as the problem. Please tell me why almost all one percenters and […]
My “Marxist lunacy” on display once again Read More »
For use in my courses, additions to my Texts in Philosophy page. Justice Brennan, excerpt from Furman v. Georgia 408 U. S. 238 (1972), and Justice Stewart, excerpt from Gregg v. Georgia (1976). Stephen Hicks, “Ethics for a Democratic Republic” (2015). Immanuel Kant, Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals (1785). Stanley Milgram, excerpt from Obedience to
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Two from Benito Mussolini and Giovanni Gentile’s The Doctrine of Fascism (1932): “Fascism sees in the world not only those superficial, material aspects in which man appears as an individual, standing by himself, self-centered, subject to natural law, which instinctively urges him toward a life of selfish momentary pleasure; it sees not only the individual
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[In the 1920s, Professor Alfredo Rocco became Minister of Justice in Italy under Benito Mussolini. This essay was originally published in 1925, and this translation1 by Dino Bigongiari (Columbia University) was published in 1926. It is here also in PDF format. More Texts in Philosophy at my site.] The Political Doctrine of Fascism By Alfredo Rocco Fascism
Rocco’s *The Political Doctrine of Fascism* [text] Read More »
Educating a child is a hugely philosophical project. How does one become a fully-functional adult with a zest for all that life has to offer—and acquire the knowledge, skills, and habits to pursue it? Homework, traditionally conceived, is not part of the answer. And when we consider the sadly large number of young people who
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* The original hoax article, “The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct,” was published by Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay in the academic journal Cogent Social Sciences. * Simultaneously they published this lambasting commentary. * Salon‘s Phil Torris deflated the hoax’s significance in a scathing piece. * Professor James Taylor agreed, arguing that the hoax
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What happens when one meets a tension or outright contradiction in one’s thinking? How do we evaluate those who believe or at least express positions like “There is no truth” or “All beliefs are subjectively relative”? In our first conversation, Steve Patterson and I discussed the nature and origins of postmodernism, including thinkers such as
Contradictions in thinking — Patterson interviews me on the psychology of pomo Read More »
Things have only gotten worse on campuses in the last five years. But Nick Gillespie’s interview of the excellent Kors on “Campus Speech Codes, Libertarianism, & The Case for the Humanities” is timelessly relevant.
Alan Charles Kors on free speech and education Read More »