In totalitarian nations, young people report their parents and teachers to the authorities for Wrong-speak. Oh, wait — these statistics are for *our* young people. Source: https://www.wisconsin.edu/civil-dialogue/download/SurveyReport20230201.pdf.
Where the snitches are Read More »
Close readings and commentaries on the major thinkers. Follow at the CEE Video Channel: The 30 in the first series include: Full Series playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-kR5Ove3tI&list=PLurzsfhvI4oq3fnsjxS3j9fmlYlZQOMVl
*Philosophers, Explained* by Professor Stephen Hicks Read More »
Courage. Resilience. Independence of mind: my thirteen-minute interview at Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship with Dr. Terry Noel. More interviews with CEE’s guest speakers are available here.
Interview: Terry Noel on the virtuous entrepreneur Read More »
The great economist Mises claimed that “Every socialist is a disguised dictator.” He had in mind those socialists who want to be nice and so who add adjectives like “democratic” or “reformist” to their socialism. Setting aside the simply young and naïve, Mises’s claim is that socialism is a front or a mask for those
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Professor Hicks Answers 22 Questions about Philosophy Read More »
Well said: Another favorite line from Hurston: “Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.” (Source: Zora Neale Hurston, “How It Feels to Be Colored Me,” 1928).
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An open letter Douglass wrote in 1848 to Thomas Auld, his former master, on the tenth anniversary of his escape from slavery to freedom. (A 350-word excerpt is here.) TO MY OLD MASTER. Thomas Auld, Sir: The long and intimate, though by no means friendly, relation which unhappily subsisted between you and myself, leads me
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The next three in the new Philosophers, Explained by Stephen Hicks series will be: 26 Immanuel Kant on educating for duty and obedience. On Education. 27 John Dewey against “individualism” and for “democratic” education. Democracy and Education. 28 Thales and the beginnings of Western philosophy. And in contrast to Homer’s The Iliad. 1 Immanuel Kant
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