Stephen Hicks

‘“Judgements of value”, we contend, are simply expressions of emotion which can be neither true nor false.‘ Lecture Seven: Subjective Relativism Themes: Anthropology. Meaninglessness (semantic and prescriptive). So subjective leaps? So individual emotivism? So group conditioning? Texts: Ayer, “A Critique of Ethics.” Benedict, Patterns of Culture. About the Instructor Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. is […]

From a 2020 interview: Jennifer Grossman [40:19]: A question from Phil [C.] on the lockdowns and the proposition that more lives and futures are going to be destroyed by the mandatory lockdowns and closings of businesses than could or will be by the virus itself? I know you’re not an epidemiologist, but you’re probably looking

By Professor Stephen R.C. Hicks, Rockford University, USA. Lecture 12: How do Objectivist philosophy and Ayn Rand’s thinking in particular apply to education, and how consistent is it with Maria Montessori’s principles and methods? Previous lectures in the series: Part One: Introduction: What is the purpose of education, and what is philosophy’s relevance? Part Two:

“Power gives the first right, and there is no right, which at bottom is not presumption, usurpation, violence.” Lecture Six: Predation and Power Themes: Gyges. Original Sin? Master and slave moralities. Slavery as natural and necessary? A new aristocracy. Texts: Nietzsche, “The Greek State,” Beyond Good and Evil, and The Will to Power About the

Source: Heidegger, Martin. “What Is Metaphysics?” [1929]. Related: On the fuller context of Heidegger’s provocative question: Related: On Heidegger’s place in the historical course of philosophy: Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault (print or e-book), or audiobook:

From a 2020 interview: Jennifer Grossman [19:15]: Black Lives Matter. What’s your perspective? Stephen Hicks: The movement, the phrase? Jennifer Grossman: Well, I guess you could do both? The movement, I don’t think it’s a corporation, is just the insistence that there is structural and institutional racism, particularly with regards to police brutality, what are your