Well said, and a strong analogy: “Socialism is no more successful in ethics than in economics, and for similar reasons: it sacrifices the future to the present by discouraging innovation and inverts the source of positive marginal change by moving it from the individual to society. Ethical wealth, like economic wealth, will be a function […]
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Stephen Hicks here discusses egoism’s view of individuals as ends in themselves and as self-responsible. This is from Part 5 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Egoism: What is the meaning of life? Next: Egoism’s educational mission. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Let me tell you a little about my brother. He’s six feet tall and a solid 200 pounds. Has a wife and two kids. Works hard and plays hard, often outside in the winter. Am I his keeper? Should I think of myself that way? My brother is responsible, competent, and independent, and I know
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