The next three episodes in my Open College series have been recorded: “On Being the Entrepreneur of Your Life” “Postmodernism’s Moral Low Ground” “Educating Entrepreneurs, Or Why Steve Jobs Hated School.” They’ll be released weekly over the next month. Here is the full series.
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A new episode of my podcast series, produced by Possibly Correct out of Toronto. Audio: iTunes Stitcher YouTube Topics: Envy-charge against socialism // Envy-charge against liberal capitalism // Rousseau and Rawls on how to combat envy // So: Is envy worse or better in a free society? // Envy as a worse anti-social problem in earlier societies //
Is Envy Worse in a Free Society? [Open College series] Read More »
“Ayn Rand” is my 300-word biographical entry for the Directory, published out of Germany’s Paderborn University. The biography is followed by a concise selection of primary and secondary sources on Rand and Objectivism.
Biographical entry on Ayn Rand for Women Philosophers Directory Read More »
Note the similarity: * The born-entitled-snob mentality says: My daddy’s a zillionaire, so I am special and you are dirt. * The resentful-anti-privilege mentality says: Your daddy’s a zillionaire, so you are repulsive and I hate you. The same premise is at work in both mentalities: One’s status is determined by one’s daddy’s money. Both
Snobs and “privilege” — a quick comparison Read More »
A new episode of my podcast series, produced by Possibly Correct out of Toronto. Audio link: iTunes Stitcher YouTube Topics: Historical overview of the Catastrophe // Lessons to learn // Standard narrative and my opinion of it // Journalism and the Bhopal case // Questions and analysis Transcription: Forthcoming. Related: Blamestorming and Environmental Problems (Part I)
Bhopal’s Chemical Disaster—Who Really Cares About the Environment [Open College series] Read More »
Ethics (PHIL 122) Logic (PHIL 221) Business and Economic Ethics (PHIL 325)
Syllabi for my courses, Spring 2019 Read More »
I’m happy to announce that, coincidentally with my upcoming Adventures in Postmodernism tour downunder, an Australia and New Zealand edition of my Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault. Thanks to Anthony Cappello and Connor Court Publishing for making it happen. For other editions and translations, please see the Explaining Postmodernism page.
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I am happy to announce that the publishing division of the Museum of the Second World War will be producing a new edition of my Nietzsche and the Nazis in Polish. I thank Dr. Marek Szymaniak for his efforts in making this possible. For information on other translations and editions, please see my Nietzsche and the Nazis page.
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