Philosophy

I used to say that Illinois had the worst governors in the nation, when four of the last eight had gone to prison for corruption and scandal. (See Illinois Governors in Jail.) Now New York has had three governors in a row forced out due to corruption: Elliot Spitzer (2008 resignation), David Patterson (2010 resignation),

I did this pair of seminars comparing two controversial giants of moral philosophy, followed by a Q&A. My presentation is in English, after the introduction in Spanish by María Marty. Hosted by the Ayn Rand Center Latin America.

“La Inferioridad Moral del Posmodernismo.” Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. ¿Estamos luchando contra los posmodernistas con una mano atada a la espalda? Traducido al Español por Fermin Elizalde, 2019. Para más artículos en español sobre Educación y Filosofía: https://www.stephenhicks.org/espanol/ English Original version: The Spectator. Also Portuguese translation and Open College audio version.

Thanks to Mark V. Kormes for the link to ContraPoint’s vlog on envy. It’s an excellent diagnosis of this pathology — including apt insights from Aristotle, Nietzsche, Paglia, and other important names. And she’s even read Schoeck’s masterwork Envy. Contrapoints’s video is well worth your time for its coverage of envy’s many manifestations. Towards the