Stephen Hicks

Gatilhos mentais e micro-agressões como estratégias

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Em sua vida, quantas vezes você presenciou um consenso geral sobre a significado de um grande fenômeno cultural? Está acontecendo agora, quando libertários, conservadores, progressistas e radicais de esquerda concordam que a podridão tomou conta do politicamente correto (PC). O inferno está congelando e os porcos agora podem voar. Os sintomas de PC são bem-conhecidos: hipersensibilidade […]

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Has Religion Been on Balance Good or Bad for Humanity? [new Theist vs. Atheist series column]

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The opening of John C. Wright’s final column in the Theist vs. Atheist series debate at EveryJoe: “The question for this final column of the debate between Catholic and Atheist is this: Has religion been on balance good or bad for humanity? “Alert readers may have noticed in previous columns that nearly every question contains

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Syllabi for my Fall 2015 semester courses

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Introduction to Philosophy (PHIL 103) Syllabus and Schedule [pdf]. The Readings in Philosophy course anthology [pdf]. Business and Economic Ethics (PHIL 325) Syllabus and Schedule [pdf]. The first reading for the semester: “What Business Ethics Can Learn from Entrepreneurship” [pdf]. Philosophy of Religion (PHIL 329) Syllabus & Schedule [pdf]. The Philosophy of Religion course anthology

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Is Political Evil Built Into Religion? [new Theist vs. Atheist series column]

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The opening of my latest column in the Theist vs. Atheist debate series at EveryJoe: “We live in good times for religion and politics. The great majority of us are free to practice or not religion as we choose. That has been rare in human history, as politicians have generally enjoyed using religion as a

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The Bhopal Chemical Spill Disaster: Who’s to Blame? [new The Good Life column]

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The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “The long-term estimated death toll from the 1984 Bhopal disaster in India is about 15,000 people. “To put that in context, consider that the estimated immediate death toll from the Soviet Union’s 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster is 4,000. The death toll from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear radiation leak

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Os que só reclamam e os problemas ambientais

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Algumas partes do mundo realmente são infernos ambientais. São locais sujos e exauridos, tornando-os insalubres e economicamente insustentáveis. Nós podemos argumentar sobre aseveridade dos problemas de vários lugares; contudo, eu quero focar em outro aspecto do debate: a determinação precisa das causas da degradação, de forma que possamos focar produtivamente na busca de soluções. Infelizmente,

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