News out of India that a 63-year old woman was killed for witchcraft. In the twenty-first century. A related post here about other recent witchcraft cases around the world. For how in the West the battle against legal superstition and primitive [in]justice was won, see the PowerPoint files my course on Modern Intellectual History, especially […]
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Professor Piotr Kostyło of Casimir the Great University in Bydgoszcz, Poland, published a review of Nietzsche and the Nazis. The text of the review follows: Do We Know What We Advocate? Stephen Hicks’s Defence of Individualism The forty-five years of communism in Poland (1944-1989) were marked by the government reminding society of the atrocities committed during
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On Sunday, July 26, I’ll be giving a talk at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. My topic is “The Next Revolution in Art.” An excerpt from the opening of my talk: “Art is a perennial human desire. We need and hunger for stories, images, and sounds that are unique, beautiful, self-affirming, and/or profound. We love
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The opening of my latest column in the Theist vs. Atheist series debate at EveryJoe: “In my judgment, issues of morality are the most difficult in philosophy. They are intellectually challenging, as everything about the human condition is relevant to them, and they are emotionally gripping, as our highest values are always at stake. “So
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The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “The Greek mess is complicated, but in sorting through complex messes it’s useful to start with simpler cases and build up. “All sides in the discussion are appealing to moral considerations about responsibility, fairness, and prudence. Part of the debate is over what those principles mean. An
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The fascist Benito Mussolini had high praise for the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes. He endorsed this statement by fascist James Strachey Barnes (Universal Aspects of Fascism, Williams and Norgate, London: UK, 1929, pp. 113-114): “Fascism entirely agrees with Mr. Maynard Keynes, despite the latter’s prominent position as a Liberal. In fact, Mr. Keynes’
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The opening of John C. Wright’s latest column in the Theist vs. Atheist series debate at EveryJoe: “Our story so far: Mr. Hicks and I have agreed to debate eight questions concerning theism and atheism. The topic for this week is whether religion is necessary for personal ethics. “Before turning to that question, a brief
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This image (click to enlarge) was taken during a state visit between socialist president Evo Morales of Bolivia and leftish pope Francis of the Vatican. The gift is a crucifix affixed to a sickle and hammer. I’m reminded of these words from my Nietzsche and the Nazis (2010), about the philosopher on Christianity and socialism:
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