Philosophy

Does politics drive philosophy, or does philosophy drive politics? In the previous episode of Sovereign Nations’s Changing Tides, “The Seeds of Collectivism,” James Lindsay, Stephen Hicks and Michael O’Fallon began with the metaphysical collectivist thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. They then examined Hegel and Kant, and concluded with Dr. Hicks’s assertion that if it weren’t for the success […]

A three-minute clip on Rand’s view of the proper purpose of education: Taken from my lecture on Objectivism in the 15-lecture Philosophy of Education course.

Happy with this result: My Nietzsche and the Nazis audiobook hit one million views today. Through the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship we’re experimenting with a variety of online educational materials — video lectures, audio books, interviews with academics, entrepreneurs, and other experts. So it’s gratifying in this new media world that we’re getting traction.

¿Por qué el arte se volvió feo? Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. La pregunta importante es: ¿Por qué el mundo del arte del siglo XX adoptó lo feo y lo ofensivo? ¿Por qué ha derramado sus energías creativas y su astucia en lo trivial y autoproclamado como sin sentido? Traducido al Español por Alejandro

Good article at the Foundation for Economic Education’s site: First, the phrase “give back” implies that something was taken in the first place. It paints the successful entrepreneur as a taker who through their success has deprived us of something that must be returned. This could not be further from the truth. The problems with