“You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action. In France you get freedom of action: you can do what you like and nobody bothers, but you must think like everybody else. In Germany you must do what everybody else does, but you may think as you choose. […]
Tyranny of the majority — American versus English versus French versus German versions Read More »
One reason why the wokist/p.c.-conformists are dangerous. Mill in 1859: The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigour, and moral courage which it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time. Source: Chapter 3 of On Liberty
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This is Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course, in which he discusses Solomon Asch’s conformity experiments. Clips 1-2: Previous: Education’s epistemological mission. Next: Milgram’s obedience experiments. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
Asch’s conformity experiments Read More »