[This is a Portuguese translation of Part 6 of the Theist vs. Atheist debate series between Stephen Hicks and John Wright, originally published in English at EveryJoe.] A religião é boa ou má para a política? Por John C. Wright Tradução de Matheus Pacini Revisão de Mateus Bernardino A questão dessa semana é se a […]
Patterson in Pursuit is Steve Patterson’s series of podcast discussions with intellectuals. Recently Patterson and I discussed the themes and background developments that led to postmodernism — the premodern worldview, modernism’s revolutionary break, the Enlightenment project, the counter-Enlightenment, an assortment of key people including Kant, Nietzsche, Foucault, and Rorty, and whether we are actually living
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[Originally published at EveryJoe.com.] Many smart people — including Thomas Friedman in The New York Times, Naser Khader in Newsweek, John Lloyd in The Jerusalem Post, Ayaan Hirsi Ali in The Wall Street Journal — are hoping that the Reformation will come to Islam. Some are calling for an Islamic Martin Luther. Sorry, but no.
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Over the years I’ve been called many things. This week, in response to some critical comments I made about proposed paper, I learned that I “argue like a socialist” or an “Austrian” (earlier, my correspondent had informed me that Austrian economists are evil). If I ignore past insults about my capabilities as a philosopher —
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[This is a Portuguese translation of Part 5 of the Theist vs. Atheist debate series between John C. Wright and Stephen Hicks, originally published in English at EveryJoe. In this round Wright begins and Hicks responds.] O Sentido da Vida depende da existência de Vida Após a Morte? Por John C. Wright Tradução de Matheus
Via Vinay Kolhatkar, this news item about the Iranian government’s decision earlier this year to censor dangerous words such as wine and elephant. From The Telegraph‘s report: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader, has urged the culture ministry to “focus on producing appealing books and films, designing video games, and developing attractive and meaningful toys”
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Strange times for free speech. A century ago, Germany was the authoritarian nation. Kaiser Wilhelm was presiding over its efforts in World War I, and young Adolf Hitler was working toward his opportunity in World War II. At the same time, Britain and America were havens of liberal ideals. Yet those nations seem to have
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German authorities will allow the republication of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf, after decades of censorship. Decent people can argue that the book is too dangerous to be published. But the fact is that Mein Kampf is too dangerous not to be published. The great fear is that Hitler’s ideas are not dead and that his
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[This is a Portuguese translation of Part 4 of the Theist vs. Atheist debate series, originally published in English at EveryJoe.com.] A religião é imprescindível para a moralidade pessoal? Por John C. Wright Tradução de Matheus Pacini Revisão de Mateus Bernardino Até o momento neste debate, temos o seguinte: o Sr. Hicks e eu concordamos
[This is a Portuguese translation of “Third-Way Politics and Its Bitter Fruits”, originally published in English at EveryJoe.] Em 1998, o então presidente Bill Clinton anunciou: “nós superamos o debate estéril entre os que dizem que o governo é o problema e os que dizem que o governo é a solução. Meus concidadãos americanos, nós
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