Jordan Peterson on the evils of postmodernism
He had me from the opening sentence: Here’s a link to the mentioned Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault.
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Philosophy
Capital Punishment: Brennan versus Stewart
This week in my Ethics course we are looking at two classic arguments about the penalty of death, both from U.S. Supreme Court cases: Justice Brennan, excerpt from Furman v. Georgia 408 U. S. 238 (1972), and Justice Stewart, excerpt from Gregg v. Georgia (1976). Here’s my chart outlining the criteria and arguments used by
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De Unamuno’s egoism
I am the centre of my universe, the centre of the universe, and in my supreme anguish I cry with Michelet, “Mon moi, ils m’arrachent mon moi!” What is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? (Matt. xvi. 26). Egoism, you say? There is nothing more universal
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Why Is Art *Still* Ugly?
I wrote this piece 15 years ago — my explanation of how two lines of development of modern art culminated in postmodernism. (Translations via here into German, Spanish, Korean, and Portuguese). Now I feel the need to write a follow-up: Why Art is Still Ugly. Related: * Taking Modern Artists at Their Word. September 2014.
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“What Does It Mean to Educate for Freedom?” — APEE conference talk
In a session organized by Peter Calcagno (College of Charleston) on the theme of Philosophy of Freedom (APEE Session 2.F.7, Monday, April 10, 2017, 2:30-3:45 pm), I’ll be speaking on the theme of “What Does It Mean to Educate for Freedom?” In part, my talk will draw on my “What Entrepreneurship Can Teach Us All About Life” article
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Campus Power Politics – It’s Calculated Strategy [Good Life series]
Universities are political places, but there’s good politics and bad. First point: The protesting students are neither “snowflakes” who can’t take the heat nor “delicate flowers” whose feelings have been bruised. University students have seen movie violence, broken up with boyfriends and girlfriends, read ugly things on the internet, viewed porn clips, lost grandparents, and
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Guns! Drugs! — The difference between Left and Right
The Right says: If drugs are legal, people will shoot up, and society will go to hell. The Left says: If guns are legal, people will shoot-em up, and society will go to hell. Word-play aside, other options are possible: The authoritarians say: People can’t be trusted with either. The (true) liberals say: We can
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Debating Liberalism — ESEADE University, Buenos Aires
At ESEADE University in Buenos Aires, Argentina, three professors will debate the merits and demerits of liberalism — based on my “Liberalism: The Fifteen Best Arguments,” published recently in Reason Papers.
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