Chris Hedges and Slavoj Žižek. First question: If you’re a leftist, is plagiarism a bad thing? Left philosophy tends to argue that “knowledge” is a social product, that individuals are products of social circumstances, what’s yours is mine, and so on. Second question: WTF? These are both smart guys. They know they can think for […]
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A fascinating article by a Polish philosopher, Professor Piotr Kostyło of the University of Casimir the Great. (Courtesy of the publisher, here is a PDF of Kostyło’s article.) Kostyło notes that this generation of postmodern thinkers seems to have turned against state-provided welfare programs. The usual left-right debate over welfare is between those who argue
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Filosofia e um Século de Guerra Stephen R. C. Hicks (Tradução e revisão de Matheus Pacini.) A filosofia tem uma reputação de ser abstrata e difícil: o que pode certamente ser. Ela possui, também, uma reputação por não ser prática: o que é mentira. Hoje, então, quero lhe dar uma razão para acreditar que a
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A modest goal in this post: to clarify the moral and political options. First, whose moral responsibility is it? That is, who, as a matter of choice, should assume this responsibility? Position 1: It is my responsibility to provide them for myself. (Individualism) Position 2: My employer should be responsible for providing them. (Workplace Paternalism)
Who should pay for my contraceptives? Three positions Read More »
… or the frustratingly-complicated English language, depending on your mood. Here’s the example: Discussing the minimum wage issue with some students, I found myself saying, “With a minimum wage, employers will have to pay more than they would have had to have paid in a free market.” Snip: “… they would have had to have
The magnificent English language — subjunctive version Read More »
At the CEE site, a collection of five extended interviews (and one forthcoming) with leading entrepreneurs in Latin America covering the business areas of construction, agriculture, logistics, education, aluminum, and oil and gas.
Latin American entrepreneurship: five Kaizen interviews Read More »
The Polish translation of Nietzsche and the Nazis was published by the Fundacji Fuhrmanna (Fuhrmann Foundation, 2014) as Nietzsche i naziści, moje spojrzenia. Here, in English, is the Preface to the Polish edition. Preface to the Polish translation Friedrich Nietzsche — has any other thinker exerted so much influence after his death? One measure of
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More information here about political truth in advertising, as I think of it. A list of signatories is here.
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