Friedrich Nietzsche has a reputation for being an individualist. But note this from his Thus Spoke Zarathustra: “The overman is the sense of the earth … . I love those who sacrifice themselves for the earth, that the earth may some day become the overman’s.” (Z I.P.3). So: Contrary to individualism, your life is not […]
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I will be participating in two talks/panels at this gala event in California’s glamorous Calamigos Ranch, just outside Malibu. The evening celebration will honor entrepreneur Michael Saylor of MicroStrategy, and the day events will include discussions by philosopher David Kelley, economist Richard Salsman, philosopher Jason Hill, and political commentator Robert Tracinski. You are cordially invited
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In Chapter 5 of Postmodern Fables (University of Minnesota Press, 1997), Jean-François Lyotard writes this about the Iraqi dictatorship: “Saddam Hussein is a product of Western departments of state and big companies, just as Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco were born of the ‘peace’ imposed on their countries by the victors of the Great War. Saddam
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Quince argumentos para el Capitalismo Liberal: Este post va a formar parte de una serie de argumentos del libro “Liberalism: Pro & Con” de Stephen Hicks en español. Pueden encontrar todos los argumentos que serán publicados en orden en el siguiente link: Liberalism: Pro & Con en español. Argumento 11: La tolerancia aumenta bajo el
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Tomorrow I’m leading a live, open seminar on Kant’s views on education. In Britain and America in the 1700s, the most influential philosopher of education was John Locke, with his Some Thoughts Concerning Education. In France, it was Jean-Jacques Rousseau with his Emile. But in the German states, it was Johann Georg Sulzer, with his
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Suppose that Albrecht is a jerk. He comes home to his wife Gertha and proceeds to order her around. He expects her to cater to his desires, and when she does not he admonishes her in cutting tones. Many would say that Albrecht is “selfish” — using “selfish” to mean someone who expects benefits at
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Students at Xavier High School in New York City were assigned to write their favorite authors to persuade them to visit the school. Five wrote to Kurt Vonnegut, author of Cat’s Cradle, Slaughterhouse Five, and other novels. Vonnegut was the only author to reply. While he declined to visit the school (for a reason given
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Audience Q&A after this debate between professors John Quiggin and Stephen Hicks. * Did Burke and the Right generate postmodernism? * Is Trump a postmodernist? * Was John Stuart Mill a socialist? * What is libertarianism? * Fake news—new or more of the same? * Is climate-change denialism postmodern? * Is “That offends me” un-Australian?
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John Dewey, writing in Teacher Magazine: “There is no God and there is no soul. Hence, there are no needs for the props of traditional religion. With dogma and creed excluded, immutable truth is also dead and buried. There is no room for fixed, natural laws or moral absolutes.” “Soul Searching,” Teacher Magazine, Sept. 1933
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Quince argumentos para el Capitalismo Liberal: Este post va a formar parte de una serie de argumentos del libro “Liberalism: Pro & Con” de Stephen Hicks en español. Pueden encontrar todos los argumentos que serán publicados en orden en el siguiente link: Liberalism: Pro & Con en español. Argumento 10: Las sociedades capitalistas liberales son