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Why Postmoderns Train—Not Educate—Activists [Open College series]

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A new episode of my podcast series, produced by Possibly Correct out of Toronto. Audio: iTunes Stitcher YouTube Topics: Why indoctrination makes sense to postmodernists // Modern ideal of liberal education // My undergraduate experience // New-fashioned indoctrination Transcription: Forthcoming. Sources: John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (1859), Chapter 2. Mark Lilla: “The history of French philosophy in […]

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Why Postmoderns Train—Not Educate—Activists

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At the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, my article “Why Postmoderns Train—Not Educate—Activists.” Teasers: Who said this? We cannot escape our ethnocentric predicament. We must, in practice, privilege our own group. And this? You don’t want to build up your opponent’s arguments; you want to squelch them. This? Renounce all philosophical speculation and

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Politicians Should *Not* Enforce Free Speech at Universities

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Our head politician wants to use political leverage to fix higher education’s semi-censorship problem. Universities should be ashamed that it has come to this — those universities, at least, that do not have healthy free-speech cultures. Of course politicians already use their power — financial threats and regulatory compulsion — to make universities do what

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On Being the Entrepreneur of Your Life [Open College series]

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A new episode of my podcast series, produced by Possibly Correct out of Toronto. Audio: iTunes Stitcher YouTube Topics: Are entrepreneurs really a breed apart? // Mindset: artist, mother, entrepreneur // Kids as entrepreneurial // Why entrepreneurs become entrepreneurs // What holds us back? // The entrepreneurial approach to your life. Transcription: Forthcoming Sources: Entrepreneurial

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La Inferioridad Moral del Posmodernismo

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[A Spanish translation of my “Postmodernism’s Moral Low Ground,” which is also available in English at The Spectator, in Portuguese translation, and in a podcast version.] La Inferioridad Moral del Posmodernismo Stephen R. C. Hicks ¿Estamos luchando contra los posmodernistas con una mano atada a la espalda? Las batallas intelectuales son el elemento vital de

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John C. Wright: “Is It Worth Arguing About Religion?”

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Theist vs. Atheist: What Should You Believe? is a seven-part series of articles by two authors, John C. Wright and Stephen R. C. Hicks, in which they debate seven key issues in religion. Is It Worth Arguing About Religion? By John Wright This is the first in a seven-part debate between Stephen Hicks and yours truly covering

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John C. Wright: “Does the Meaning of Life Depend on an Afterlife?”

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Theist vs. Atheist: What Should You Believe? is a seven-part series of articles by two authors, John C. Wright and Stephen R. C. Hicks, in which they debate seven key issues in religion. Does the Meaning of Life Depend on There Being an Afterlife? By John C. Wright The question is whether the meaning of

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