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Stephen Hicks, “A Primer on Objective Journalism” [Atlas Intellectuals]

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This week of the self-paced course on Objectivity features Stephen Hicks’s primer on Objective Journalism. “Objectivity means being committed to the facts and to using one’s mind as best one can to discover and interpret them. Journalistic objectivity includes being open to all the facts, doing research to discover the facts, verifying claims, and to integrating logically […]

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A inferioridade moral do Pós-modernismo

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“Postmodernists don’t fight by the same rules we do. When everything is subjective narratives, subversion goes all the way down. Our classic rules are: Approach discussion with benevolence and give the initial benefit of the doubt. The goal is the mutual advancement of understanding. Hear out both sides. Be civil in giving and receiving criticism.

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My course topics and syllabi, Fall 2022

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Introduction to Philosophy: Topics and Course Materials. Business and Economic Ethics: Topics and Course Materials. Also my Texts in Philosophy page, for additional readings.

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Explicando el Posmodernismo, la crisis del socialismo

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Explicando el Posmodernismo, la crisis del socialismo Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. Traducido al Español por Barbarroja Ediciones, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2014. Original English edition. Via Amazon España. Para más contenido en español, visite: https://www.stephenhicks.org/espanol/.

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Objectivity, Choice, and Vaccines

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1. Many politicians are dictatorial bastards, and resisting them is a healthy.2. Many commentators are lying manipulators, and exposing them is a virtue.3. And yet: Facts are facts, and acting on your own informed judgment by choice is more important.

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Morality without Gods? [Open College podcast]

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Episode 53 in my Open College with Dr. Stephen Hicks podcast series is now out. Title: Morality without Gods?Publication Date: August 24, 2021Transcript: (Forthcoming) All audio versions of the podcast are available free at my website, YouTube, Bitchute, Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud. Some transcriptions are available via my media page at thinkspot. Episodes coming soon to

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“Sir, I have no liking for the world. …” (Rousseau)

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau, in a letter to James Boswell: “Sir, I have no liking for the world. I live here in a world of fantasies and I cannot tolerate the world as it is. … Mankind disgusts me.” On why Rousseau is now more important than Marx in explaining the substantial pathological elements in our intellectual

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When A seems to mean not-A, context matters

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One must always interpret a comprehensive philosopher’s remarks on applied matters in the context of his philosophical system. Let me give an exaggerated, fictional example to stress this point about method. Suppose one reads … Chapter One of a philosopher’s book in which one finds affirmations that individuals should seek freedom and realize their true selves

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