Philosophy

When I heard about the CHAZ Antifa/BLM/etc. takeover in Seattle, my first thought was: I wonder how many of them went to Evergreen College? Washington state’s Evergreen College was the site of the infamous racist intimidation/happening/experiment that made international news in 2017. (I recommend thinkspotter Benjamin Boyce’s documentary.) So I Googled it and it turns

For use in my courses, additions to my Texts in Philosophy page. Martin Luther King, Jr., “Address at the Freedom Rally in Cobo Hall,” 1963. [His first “I have a dream” speech.] Herbert Marcuse, “Repressive Tolerance” (1965). George Walsh, “Defining Religion: The Supernatural as Personal/Impersonal” (1998). Excerpt from The Role of Religion in History. Woodrow

The common factors? None from Australia or the Americas. None are women. None are political individualists or free-market capitalists. So … * Six were socialists. * Three came to dictatorial power from military backgrounds. * And one was a hereditary monarch. Image source: https://www.infobae.com/america/mundo/2018/09/29/los-10-dictadores-mas-sanguinarios-del-siglo-xx/

In May, I led a discussion with the Atlas Intellectuals on George Orwell’s review of The Totalitarian Enemy. The question Orwell asked was: Are the Nazis really Socialist? I’m returning to the group on Friday, June 26 at noon CT to discuss the new Waterfall campaign on Objectivity, beginning with selections from John Stuart Mill’s

The Atlas Society’s CEO, Jennifer Grossman, interviewed me about this year’s major events — Covid-19 and the protests/riots/looting. What is the philosophical significance of these events? Facebook. YouTube:

Juneteenth celebrates a great achievement. Slavery had existed for thousands of year in pretty much every culture in the world. But a few brave and lonely voices began to challenge it in the 1700s and within a century—almost a blink of an eye in historical time—it had been eliminated in the civilized parts of the

Here’s my two-minute trailer for my livestream lecture series starting tomorrow, June 20: Join me in this 3-session course co-organized by thinkspot and Ayn Rand Center Latin America. * Session 1: June, Saturday 20th, 12-1 pm Central. On Altruism: Both Nietzsche and Rand are vehement opponents of altruism. Why? And in what ways are their