Stephen Hicks

Quando professores universitários podem manter relações sexuais com seus alunos?

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Dois escândalos sexuais em departamentos de filosofia têm, de certa forma, escandalizado o mundo acadêmico nos últimos dias. Um deles, na Universidade de Miami na Flórida, levou à renúncia do professor Colin McGinn. O outro, na Universidade do Colorado, Boulder, resultou na substituição do chefe do departamento, Graeme Forbes. O caso do professor McGinn diz […]

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Our Schizophrenic Politics: Sex, Health, Religion, Money, and Other Important Stuff

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The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “schiz•o•phren•ic, adjective: Of, relating to, or characterized by the coexistence of disparate or antagonistic elements. “Let’s talk about one reason why politics makes us all a little crazy — its incoherent mix of laws and regulations. (Warning: overcharged metaphor ahead.) Not only does the left hand of

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Persian translation of Nietzsche and the Nazis forthcoming

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I’m happy to announce that a Persian translation of my Nietzsche and the Nazis is forthcoming. The translating work is done, and the publisher, Bourgeois Publishing in Teheran, has received formal permission from the government (in a record-breaking three months, I hear) to go ahead a print the book. More information forthcoming. Thanks to everyone

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Os filósofos são ignorantes no que tange à política?

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Esclarecimento inicial: eu sou um filósofo e essa nova coluna no site The Good Life tratará de tópicos como a natureza humana, o conhecimento, o sentido da vida e, é claro, a política. Permitam-me começar citando algumas das opiniões de meus colegas sobre a política. O jogo favorito dos filósofos é discutir qual foi o

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Does Money Buy Elections? When Billionaires Court Voters [new The Good Life column]

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The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “Another election looms, and the question on everyone’s mind is: Will the big donors get their money’s worth? “Cynicism about money in politics is a healthy response to our long history of cronyism. When $700 billion in bailout funds were distributed during the 2008 crisis, politically-connected financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs received

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Campus Sex and the Anti-Sexiness of the New Authoritarians [new The Good Life column]

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The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “Rape is among the most horrific of crimes. Sex should be a fun and beautiful thing – but rape takes that most personal of experiences and turns it into a degradation. “There is moderately good news about the number of rapes in the USA. According to the

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