Stephen Hicks here discusses the predatory ethic’s response to the Myth of Gygess. This is from Part 5 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: The Myth of Gyges. Next: Altruism’s solution: selflessness, sacrifice, lose/win service to others. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks here discusses altruism’s solution to the Myth of Gyges. This is from Part 5 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: Predation’s solution: power, aggression, win/lose. Next: The Three Options Chart Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Here Professor Hicks develops a three-dimensional chart to contrast egoism, altruism, and predation. This is from Part 5 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: Altruism’s solution: selflessness, sacrifice, lose/win service to others. Next: Role models in ethics. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks here contrasts egoism, altruism, and predation by means of the role models they recommend. This is from Part 5 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: Altruism’s solution: selflessness, sacrifice, lose/win service to others. Next: Cases: money, sports, sex, gifts, charity. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the
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Stephen Hicks here connects ethical theories of egoism, altruism, and predation to radically different approaches to money, sports, and sex. This is from Part 5 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: Role models. Next: [Part 6: Transition] Philosophy “horizontally”: metaphysics, epistemology, human nature, ethics. Return to the Philosophy of Education page.
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The modern West is hybrid civilization, drawing upon competing ethical traditions from Greco-Roman culture and Judeo-Christian religion. Professor Hicks illustrates the contrast by means of a thought-experiment survey about the Declaration of Independence and Priests’ Vows. This is from Part 5 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-3: Previous: Six questions in ethics. Next:
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Stephen Hicks here discusses egoism’s view of the meaning of life. This is from Part 5 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: Our hybrid civilization. Next: Egoism: end in oneself, self-responsibility, investment, achievement. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks here discusses egoism’s view of individuals as ends in themselves and as self-responsible. This is from Part 5 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Egoism: What is the meaning of life? Next: Egoism’s educational mission. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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