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Stephen Hicks here contrasts Semmelweis and Abraham as cognitive and moral role models. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course.
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My “Egoism in Nietzsche and Rand” has come out in The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies. Here is the abstract for my 43-page study:
“Philosophers Friedrich Nietzsche and Ayn Rand are often identified as strong critics of altruism and arch advocates of egoism. In this essay, Stephen Hicks argues that Nietzsche and Rand have much in common in their critiques of altruism but almost nothing in common in their views on egoism.”
In the same issue, Professor Lester Hunt has a commentary on my essay and an independent reading of Nietzsche that is very valuable.
This entire issue of JARS is a symposium devoted to essays comparing Friedrich Nietzsche and Ayn Rand. I haven’t read the other contributions yet, but it looks like a lively set.
Stephen Hicks here discusses the Biblical story of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course.
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Stephen Hicks here discusses Kierkegaard’s interpretation of the Biblical story of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice Isaac. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course.
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Does one plunge into political activism, or will political efforts not be effective until the broader culture is ready for it?
Here is one datum, from Philip Reiff:
“[T]he first Christian culture revolution accommodated itself from the beginning to the ruling classes of its time. Christian doctrine began by distinguishing between culture and politics, concentrating its efforts at change upon the former, thus preparing a theoretical way for the Constantinian accommodation.”
(Quoted in James Bowman’s Honor: A History, p. 48. The image is of a statue of Constantine at the Capitoline Museums in Rome.)
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Immanuel Kant’s famous line from his Critique of Pure Reason is discussed as representative of the change of strategy among religion-friendly thinkers after the widely-perceived failure of natural theology. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course.
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Stephen Hicks here discusses quotations on religious faith from Søren Kierkegaard, Martin Luther, and Tertullian. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course.
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Here Stephen Hicks discusses the early modern conflict between science and religion over cosmology. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course, in which he introduces epistemology, its competing theories, and their role in education.
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