Racism: scale perspective
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Three Generations of Pomo: From *Skepticism* to *Equality* to *Power Play* [transcript]
How did postmodernism go from skepticism in the 60s and 70s to egalitarianism in the 80s and 90s to power-activism in the 00s and 10s? Here is a 1,200-word excerpt from a 2016 interview of Stephen Hicks by Mark Michael Lewis. Three Generations of Postmodernism: From Skepticism to Equality to Power Play Stephen R. C.
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Libertarian Social Justice? Hicks and Horwitz at Friedman 8 [transcription]
How Should Libertarians Respond to the Social Justice Movement? I was in a friendly debate with Dr. Steven Horwitz about this topic, hosted by the Friedman 8 Conference, Australia, July 2020. My opening remarks are transcribed below after moderator John Humphreys’s introduction. John Humphreys [Moderator]: I’ve been really looking forward to this one. I think
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Nietzsche’s Natural Slaves and Masters [Open College podcast]
Episode 43 in my Open College with Dr. Stephen Hicks podcast series: “Where does morality come from? Are moral codes merely conscious formulations of our strongest subjective needs? Nietzsche is one of the great critics of human psychology — contemptuously noting most people’s weakness — their cowardice and conformity. Can we all “Live dangerously?” How
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Religion and Socialism [Waterfall]
Waterfall is a guided series of courses for those interested in issues upon which Objectivism has something distinctive and important to say. The second course: Socialism. Examine the aspirations, arguments, strategies, and disasters of socialist theory and practice—as well as explore the strongest criticisms of socialism. Authors include Ayn Rand, Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Robert
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*Philosophy for Real Life* — Première on Saturday
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 answers or even try avoiding answering them —while others go on a quest to make their lives a meaningful adventure. In Philosophy for Real Life, we follow Dr. Stephen Hicks
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Do Free Societies Need Postmodernism? Debate follow-up
Pleased to see that this debate has over 60,000 views at YouTube alone. The New York event was fun and instructive. During the debate, Thaddeus Russell and I differed sharply over how skeptical the leading postmodernists and their forerunners were. So in addition to quoting them directly, I offered to post the sources for them.
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Upcoming panel with hosts Dave Rubin and Mark Skousen
ON Wednesday, September 30, I’ll be in a discussion hosted by Dave Rubin and Mark Skousen. From the description: “Dave Rubin and Mark Skousen, Founder of FreedomFest, will co-host four panel discussions. The Atlas Society’s Senior Scholar, Stephen Hicks, Ph.D., will share his philosophical perspective on solutions to social unrest, racism, the economic shutdown, and
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