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Cómo domesticar terroristas religiosos [Spanish translation]

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por Stephen Hicks [This is a Spanish translation of “How to Tame Religious Terrorists”, originally published in English at EveryJoe and translated into Portuguese here.] Derrotar a un enemigo, como al politizado Islam, implica una batalla en varios frentes: policial, militar, diplomático, cultural y filosófico. Toda pelea es provocada por desacuerdos locales de corto plazo. Pero […]

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Como domesticar terroristas religiosos [Portuguese translation]

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[This is a Portuguese translation of Stephen Hicks’s “How to Tame Religious Terrorists”, originally published in English at EveryJoe.] Derrotar um inimigo como o Islã politizado é uma batalha de múltiplas frentes — policial, militar, diplomática, cultural e filosófica. Toda luta começa com desavenças locais e de curto prazo. Entretanto, conflitos generalizados de longa duração são

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Comparando el desempeño económico de América del Norte y América Latina [Spanish translation]

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Por Stephen Hicks [This is a Spanish translation of “Comparing North and Latin American Economic Performance”, originally published in English at EveryJoe and in Portuguese at Libertarianismo.] Todos queremos que la gente logre vivir en forma adecuada, especialmente las personas pobres que están luchando por ello. Y si somos ambiciosos, queremos además que la gente pueda vivir

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Are Philosophers Stupid about Politics? [The Good Life]

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[First published at EveryJoe.com.] Full disclosure at the outset: I’m a philosopher, and this new series of columns on The Good Life will often be about human nature, knowledge, the meaning of life, and of course politics. So let me start by indicating some of my colleagues’ opinions about politics. A favorite party game for

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My “Liberalism: The Fifteen Best Arguments” in Reason Papers

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My article “Liberalism: The Fifteen Best Arguments” [pdf] is now out in Reason Papers 37:2 (Fall 2015), pp. 108-132. I make fifteen arguments for the free society — the ones that I judge to be most essential and most influential. The arguments are: 1. Liberalism increases freedom 2. People work harder in liberal systems 3.

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Por que a América do Norte é mais rica que a América Latina?

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O que explica as diferenças dramáticas de desempenho econômico entre as duas Américas? Considere os números do Produto Interno Bruto (PIB) disponibilizados pelo Banco Mundial — uma medida de sucesso econômico. Nós queremos que as pessoas tenham um nível de vida adequado, especialmente as pobres. E se formos ambiciosos, queremos que as pessoas tenham um

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Philosophy of Education course

This fifteen-part video course covers philosophical issues that bear directly upon education. Professor Hicks discusses philosophers — Plato, Locke, Kant, Dewey, Montessori, and others — who have influenced education greatly, and he compares systems of educational philosophy and their implications for education in practice. The course presupposes no formal knowledge of philosophy or education. Jump

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Jerry Kirkpatrick on Montessori and Dewey (interview transcript)

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Interview conducted at Rockford University by Stephen Hicks and sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship. Hicks: I’m Stephen Hicks. My guest this evening is Professor Jerry Kirkpatrick from California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. He is the author of a new book, Montessori, Dewey and Capitalism. Tonight he gave a lecture to the

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Liberdade de expressão e pós-modernismo

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[Publicado pela primeira vez em Inglês: “Free Speech and Postmodernism” at Amazon or in PDF. Português tradução de Matheus Pacini e revisão de Mateus Bernardino.] No início dos tempos modernos, a causa em prol da liberdade de expressão venceu a batalha contra o autoritarismo tradicional. Os argumentos poderosos de Galileu[1], John Locke[2], John Stuart Mill[3] e outros venceram

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