[A translation into Portuguese (by Matheus Pacini) of my “Postmodernism’s Moral Low Ground”, first published in The Spectator (Australia).] Estamos lutando contra os pós-modernistas com uma mão amarrada nas costas? Batalhas intelectuais são a força vital de uma sociedade saudável. A vida é complicada e de alto risco, logo, pessoas racionais têm muito a debater. O
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[A translation into Spanish by Fermin Elizalde of my Open College episode, “Your Sex Life Under Socialism.”] El socialismo se define de manera estándar como la propiedad colectiva de los medios de producción. ¿Qué implica eso para tu vida sexual? A veces, el socialismo se concibe más estrechamente como una doctrina económica acerca de la
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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 //
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“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.
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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
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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)
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Ethics (PHIL 122) Logic (PHIL 221) Business and Economic Ethics (PHIL 325)
Syllabi for my courses, Spring 2019 Read More »