Stephen Hicks

Popper to Aron: letter on Adorno and Habermas

Image of the letter and a transcription below: Fallowfield, Manor Road, Penn, Buckinghamshire, England. April 28th, 1970 Dear Professor Aron, Many thanks for your letter of April 15th. I can only say that when I read either Adorno or Habermas, I feel as if lunatics were speaking. I have translated some of their German sentences […]

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Is Socialism “Scientific” or “Religious”? [Open College podcast]

Episode 54 in my Open College with Dr. Stephen Hicks podcast series. Marx and Engels claimed their communism was “scientific socialism.” What do they mean by “scientific”? Were they sincere, or does their apparent logic cover for an essentially religious vision? Title: Socialism: Scientific or Religious?Date: September 2021Transcript: Forthcoming All audio versions of the podcast

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Ethics learning from Entrepreneurship

Here’s an audiobook version of my essay, “What Business Ethics Can Learn from Entrepreneurship.” Getting past the standard moral-versus-practical dichotomy — on the left, “practical” success traits for entrepreneurial business; on the right, “moral” character traits. The original text version of “What Business Ethics Can Learn from Entrepreneurship” is here at my site or here

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