Fundación para la Responsabilidad Intelectual

Debate video: Morality of Capitalism vs. Socialism (Buenos Aires)

Here’s the edited video of the November 21, 2018 debate in Argentina. The debaters’ back-and-forth was at times intense, and the audience was sometimes rambunctious — but the moderator, Professor Ivan Carrino, did a very good job of keeping us on track and on time. After introductions by Eduardo Marty, initial voting directed by María […]

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Entrepreneurial Education Conference at Rockford University

The Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship is hosting a conference March 31-April 1 on Entrepreneurial Education. Speakers T. K. Coleman (Praxis) María Marty (Fundación para la Responsabilidad Intelectual) Nicholas Capaldi (Loyola University New Orleans) Kevin Currie-Knight (East Carolina University)  Marsha Familaro Enright (The Great Connections Seminars)  Terry Noel (Illinois State University)  Jed Hopkins (Edgewood College)  Amy

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Four talks in Argentina, August 2016

Next week I’ll be in Argentina to give four invited talks. August 18: Buenos Aires, conference on my recently-translated book Explicando el Posmodernismo, la crisis del socialismo, with comments by Guillermo Yeatts and Eduardo Marty. My talk title: “Populists and Postmoderns: How Philosophy Empowers Bad Politics.” August 18. Leading a roundtable discussion on “Why the

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“What is The Most Important Question for Latin American Intellectuals?” — short video from Buenos Aires

I gave a talk in June at a conference sponsored by Fundación para la Responsabilidad Intelectual (FRI), Junior Achievement Argentina, and the John Templeton Foundation. While in Buenos Aires, FRI also recorded three short videos of me addressing questions. Here is my six-minute video-response to “What is The Most Important Question for Latin American Intellectuals?”: More information

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“How Do You Explain the Great Enrichment of the Modern World?” — short video from Buenos Aires

I gave a talk in June at a conference sponsored by Fundación para la Responsabilidad Intelectual (FRI), Junior Achievement Argentina, and the John Templeton Foundation. When I was in Buenos Aires, FRI also did three short videos of me addressing questions. Here is a 12-minute video of my response to “How Do You Explain the Great Enrichment of

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FRI’s one-day conference in Miami, September 16

On Wednesday I will give a talk at FRI’s first North American event. Gloria Alvarez (Guatemala), José Benegas (Argentina), Marsha Enright (USA), Eduardo Marty (Argentina), Warren Orbaugh (Guatemala), and I will be participating. My topic will be “Progress and Betrayal: The Responsibilities of Intellectuals.” One theme of my talk is drawn from my recent column,

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“What Is Real Education?” — short video from Buenos Aires

I gave a talk in June at a conference sponsored by Fundación para la Responsabilidad Intelectual (FRI), Junior Achievement Argentina, and the John Templeton Foundation. When I was in Buenos Aires, FRI also did three short videos of me addressing questions. Here is a 6-minute video of me on “What Is a Real Education?”: More information on Fundación para la

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