Philosophy

For explanation, see my 10-minute discussion in this Current Events with Robert Tracinski:

Políticas Violentas – La Lección de la Filosofía Marxista Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. Tanta brutalidad ha surgido de activistas inspirados en Marx. Podríamos pensar que es solo un subproducto accidental de una teoría bien intencionada. ¿O es realmente una consecuencia necesaria e intencional de sus principios? Traducido al Español por Fermin Elizalde, 2020.

I was interviewed by Merion West’s Erich Prince on what we should learn from the protest and its being shut down, as well as follow-up questions about optimism about the liberal project and entrepreneurial education.

Link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgtahhP9vCA

From Plutarch’s “On the Avoidance of Anger”: “Angry people … are often weak and the weakness provokes anger. Lazy students are angry with their teachers, vain people are angry when they don’t get compliments all the time.” Further: “People often get angry when they believe they are being slighted or ignored. I try to control

From a short essay published in 1951. Excerpt: Neo-liberalism would accept the nineteenth century liberal emphasis on the fundamental importance of the individual, but it would substitute for the nineteenth century goal of laissez-faire as a means to this end, the goal of the competitive order. It would seek to use competition among producers to

Case #1: Suppose a man has a debilitating genetic condition that a small percentage of his children would inherit. Suppose also that he is moderately sexually active and so could impregnate several women over the next few years. And suppose that you have an injection that could render him sterile.But he refuses to take it.

1. Each individual brings to the starting line whatever assets they have—and the race is on. To the swiftest go the prizes. 2. But not everyone starts the race with an equal chance to win. So we should handicap the fastest to equalize the abilities of all. 3. Life should a collective going forward together,