Stephen Hicks

Sobre a dívida grega e fazer o que é moral [Portuguese translation]

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Para a resolução de casos complexos como a dívida grega, a melhor forma dá-se inicialmente por meio da reflexão sobre casos mais simples. Todos os lados da discussão estão apelando para considerações morais sobre responsabilidade, justiça e prudência. Parte do debate trata do significado de tais princípios. Uma parte intimamente ligada ao debate envolve distinguir […]

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Texts in Philosophy — late 2015 additions

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For use in my courses, additions to my Texts in Philosophy page. All files are PDFs. Antony Flew, R. M. Hare, and Basil Mitchell, “Three Accounts of What Faith Is,” from “Theology & Falsification: A Symposium” (1971). St. Augustine, on “Righteous Persecution” (c. 397-418 CE). HTML. David Hume, “Moral Distinctions Not Derived from Reason”, A

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FRI’s one-day conference in Miami, September 16

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On Wednesday I will give a talk at FRI’s first North American event. Gloria Alvarez (Guatemala), José Benegas (Argentina), Marsha Enright (USA), Eduardo Marty (Argentina), Warren Orbaugh (Guatemala), and I will be participating. My topic will be “Progress and Betrayal: The Responsibilities of Intellectuals.” One theme of my talk is drawn from my recent column,

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Updating the Philosophy’s Longest Sentences competition

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More on philosophers’ mind-numbingly long sentences. My initial post with my top candidates is here. Kazuma Kitamura sends in a new contender — a 175 word plea from Chapter One of John Stuart Mill’s The Subjection of Women: “If the authority of men over women, when first established, had been the result of a conscientious

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Comparing North and Latin American Economic Performance [new The Good Life column]

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The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “What explains the dramatic differences in economic performance between the two Americas? “Take some World Bank GDP numbers — one measure of economic success. We want people to make an adequate living, especially poor people who are struggling. And if we are ambitious, we want people to live

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The real father of modern philosophy — Bacon versus Descartes

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[At the beginning of the new academic year, a re-visiting of the beginnings of modern philosophy.] I vote for Francis Bacon. . . The standard answer gives the honor to René Descartes. Descartes’s claim to the title is based primarily on his epistemology — specifically his method of doubt. The method of doubt is both

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