Stephen Hicks

Is Republishing Hitler’s Mein Kampf the Correct Decision? [new The Good Life column]

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The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “German authorities will allow the republication of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf, after decades of censorship. “Decent people can argue that the book is too dangerous to be published. But the fact is that Mein Kampf is too dangerous not to be published. “The great fear is that Hitler’s ideas are not dead and that his […]

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Kostyło on school failure’s independence of political change

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A interesting and disturbing article by Professor Piotr Kostyło on “School failure and its interpretations” [pdf], published in Kultura Pedagogiczna out of the University of Warsaw. Kostyło is a professor of philosophy of education at the University of Kazimierz Wielki. Kostyło’s analysis is disturbing because it suggests that Poland’s change from communism to liberal democracy

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A ética do bote salva-vidas, escassez e conflitos

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Um cenário que é querido pelos eticistas, especialistas em políticas públicas e consultores em geral, pede que você se imagine em um bote salva-vidas. Nesses cenários estão inseridas suposições poderosas com implicações de vida ou morte, portanto, é interessante estuda-lo para compreendermos melhor do que se trata. Aqui vamos nós: Você estava sobrevoando o Oceano

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