… is now available at Amazon.
Here is my theme: “The liberal case for free speech won out in the modern world, but it has been under strong attack in the past generation. The attacks have come not only from traditional conservatives but increasingly from the postmodern left. In this essay, Stephen Hicks presents and dissects the philosophical arguments made by the postmoderns for speech restrictions and responds with a vigorous and updated liberal case for free speech.”
The essay can also be read in Korean translation [pdf], in German translation [pdf], and as a 26-page monograph edition at Amazon.
An earlier version of the essay was published as 
“Free Speech and Postmodernism: Why Group Warfare Has Replaced Academic Debate” in Navigator magazine in 2002.
Posted 1 year, 2 months ago at 11:30 am. 1 comment
[These are the Acknowledgments for Nietzsche and the Nazis.]
Acknowledgments
Rockford College provided a research grant that enabled the writing of the first draft of the script. Virginia Murr researched the Nazi eugenics movement and proofread the manuscript. Quee Nelson shared several new-to-me quotations from key figures in the National Socialist movement. Anja Hartleb-Parson provided valuable editing and reference checking. And Christopher Vaughan designed the monograph edition.
[Return to the Nietzsche and the Nazis page. Go to the StephenHicks.org main page.]
Posted 2 years ago at 8:09 am. Add a comment
Dr. Joshua Hall, a professor of economics at Beloit College in Wisconsin, spoke at Rockford College on the topic of “The Dilemma of School Finance Reform.” The talk was sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship, and after the talk Professor Hall was video-interviewed by Anja Hartleb-Parson, CEE’s publications manager.
More interviews with CEE’s guest speakers are available here.
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago at 1:57 pm. Add a comment
Mostly thanks to my colleagues Shawn Klein and Anja Hartleb-Parson, I have moved into the new world of social networking. The Department of Philosophy, the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship, and I not only have websites but Facebook and Twitter.
Me:
Website: http://www.stephenhicks.org
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Stephen.R.C.Hicks
Twitter: SRCHicks
Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship:
Website: http://www.ethicsandentrepreneurship.org/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/pages/Rockford-IL/Center-for-Ethics-and-Entrepreneurship/33385773294
Twitter: RC_CEE
Department of Philosophy, Rockford College:
Website: http://www.rockford.edu/?page=Philosophy
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rockford-IL/Rockford-College-Philosophy-Department/120214339280
Twitter: RCPhil
We’re considering possible mottos:
Thinking deep thoughts about tweets.
I tweet, therefore …
Find the meaning of life (and explain it in 140 characters or less).
Where the eternal and the impersonal meet the ephemeral and the personal .
It’s, like, we’re from the future or something.
Posted 2 years, 6 months ago at 2:05 pm. 2 comments
Here is my theme: “The liberal case for free speech won out in the modern world, but it has been under strong attack in the past generation. The attacks have come not only from traditional conservatives but increasingly from the postmodern left. In this essay, Stephen Hicks presents and dissects the philosophical arguments made by the postmoderns for speech restrictions and responds with a vigorous and updated liberal case for free speech.” 
