Ode to Duchamp (and postmodern art), by Newberry
This wry reference to Fountain is a clever and amusing response to postmodern art. More on Duchamp’s urinal and postmodern art here.
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Absolutist activism, skeptical relativism — or both?
How can activists so frequently say “There’s no real truth and values are subjective” in one breath but then act physically — and sometimes violently — to impose their agenda absolutely? An explanatory quotation from exactly one hundred years ago: “Everything I have said and done in these last years is relativism by intuition. If
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Billionaires in Europe
Imagine these responses to the graphic and ask: Are they cheap shots?Lefty Take 1: “Sad about the poor Swiss, Germans, and Swedes – exploited by all those rich bastard billionaires!”Lefty Take 2: “So happy that Moldova, Belarus, and Romania are safe from exploiting billionaire capitalists!”
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Encroaching Darkness series: With James Lindsay and Stephen Hicks
My paired conversations in the Encroaching Darkness series, “The Seeds of Collectivism” and “Encroaching Darkness.” Hosted by Michael O’Fallon and featuring James Lindsay and me in conversation. Description: When you listen to the moral language and rhetoric of our culture today, you less often hear appeals to “personal responsibility” and “rugged individualism” — and more
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Does everyone have an implicit philosophy ? | Philosophy for Real Life (4 of 22) | Stephen Hicks
Two-minute answers to key questions about philosophy, politics, art, and the meaning of life. Filmed in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The full series is published at the CEE Video Channel. Description: At some point in our lives, we each ask ourselves the big questions. How we respond has great impact on our lives. Some accept easy
Who really needs philosophy? | Philosophy for Real Life (3 of 22) | Stephen Hicks
Is philosophy pointless blather or a necessity of human life? Two-minute answers to key questions about philosophy, politics, art, and the meaning of life. Filmed in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The full series is published at the CEE Video Channel. Description: At some point in our lives, we each ask ourselves the big questions. How we
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Ayn Rand y la ética empresarial contemporánea
First published in English : “Ayn Rand and Contemporary Business Ethics,” Journal of Accounting, Ethics, and Public Policy. Also at Social Science Research Network. Ayn Rand y la ética empresarial contemporánea Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. Introducción: los negocios y la sociedad libre, La literatura contemporánea: los negocios como amorales o inmorales, La ética
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Gala in Malibu, CA
Join me on the 4th of November for the 2021 Atlas Society Gala In Malibu, CA. TAS description and flyer: Featuring Venture Capitalist and PayPal Founder Peter Thiel, as well as Philosopher and Professor Dr. Stephen Hicks.
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