Did you build that?
From a book within a book:
“He said that architecture was truly the greatest of the arts, because it was anonymous, as all greatness. …
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Objectivism
“Toohey’s Five Strategies of Altruism” reprint
My original post on Toohey’s five strategies of altruism has been published in a print version designed by Christopher Vaughan, with graphics and scary pull quotes. Here is the PDF version. The post’s opening: “The ethics of altruism holds that others are standard of value. One is good to the extent one puts the interests
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UFM interview on business ethics
I was video-interviewed by Luis Figueroa at Francisco Marroquín University on the topic of business ethics. In the twelve-minute discussion, I respond to the following questions: * What do you think of “corporate social responsibility”? * Why do you believe business ethics should begin with entrepreneurship? * Are there differences between ethics in family and
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Hayek and Rand on values — APEE 2011 conference
For this year’s conference of the Association of Private Enterprise Education, I am organizing and chairing a session on two giants of the twentieth century — Friedrich Hayek and Ayn Rand — with four scholars comparing their views on values and political economy. Topic: Hayek and Rand on Values Chair: Stephen Hicks, Ph.D., Rockford College,
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Keynote lecture in Argentina
I will be giving a keynote lecture in Argentina at the invitation of the Bases Foundation and the School of Economics of the Catholic University in Rosario. The event is the Third International Conference on “The Austrian School of Economics in the 21st Century,” which will be held August 5-7, 2010. The title of my
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Egoism versus the false alternative of altruism or predation
Stephen Hicks contrasts egoism with both altruism and predation. This is from Part 12 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: Individualism: self-responsible living and the virtues. Next: Optimism: philosophy and history. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Rand on Montessori
Stephen Hicks discusses Ayn Rand’s praise of the Montessori system of education. This is from Part 12 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: Critique of mainstream education. Next: Montessori practices and principles. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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The compatibility of Objectivist philosophy and Montessori education
Stephen Hicks discusses the compatibility of Objectivist philosophy and Montessori education. This is from Part 12 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: Montessori practices and principles. Next: [Part 13: Marxism] Marxist philosophy. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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