THINK (While it’s still legal) — graphics
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Philosophy
Uber, Cuba, Libertad y la Pura Verdad [Spanish translation]
por Stephen Hicks [This is a Spanish translation of “Uber, Cuba, and Freedoms Large and Small”, first published in English at EveryJoe and then translated into Portuguese at Portal Libertarianismo.] Recientemente, conocí a un joven en Miami. En lugar de tomar un taxi, decidí probar Uber por primera vez. Rafael (no es su nombre real)
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Are Reason and Faith Compatible? [Theist vs. Atheist series]
[This is Part 2 of the Theist vs. Atheist debate series between John C. Wright and Stephen Hicks, originally published in English at EveryJoe. In this round Hicks begins and Wright responds.] I appreciate Mr. Wright’s opening essay and am in agreement with substantial portions of it. If we array religions along a spectrum from
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Católico vs. Ateu Parte 5: O Sentido da Vida depende da existência de Vida Após a Morte? [Portuguese translation]
[This is a Portuguese translation of Part 5 of the Theist vs. Atheist debate series between John C. Wright and Stephen Hicks, originally published in English at EveryJoe. In this round Wright begins and Hicks responds.] O Sentido da Vida depende da existência de Vida Após a Morte? Por John C. Wright Tradução de Matheus
Socrates quotations: character, democracy, philosophy
In my Introduction to Philosophy course this week, we are discussing Plato’s Apology. Three snippets: On the priority of character: “Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the State” (Apology, 30b). On the dangers of democracy: “No man on earth who conscientiously opposes
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Cuando el Altruismo se vuelve patológico
por Stephen Hicks [This is a Spanish translation of “When Altruism Becomes Pathological,” first published in English at EveryJoe and then translated into Portuguese at Portal Libertarianismo.] ¿Quién es más propenso a engañar? ¿Aquellos que practican deportes individuales o aquellos que practican deportes en equipo? Un experimento fascinante realizado por el profesor Sharon K. Stoll y publicado en el Chronicle of
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Wendy McElroy’s *Rape Culture Hysteria*
I started reading McElroy’s new book, Rape Culture Hysteria: Fixing the Damage Done to Men and Women. As I began, here were the questions on my mind: 1. Are rape rates at universities increasing, declining, or flat? 2. Are the rates higher on campuses than in the rest of the USA? 3. How often do
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Veatch quotation in Rasmussen and Den Uyl
Rasmussen and Den Uyl’s strong The Perfectionist Turn opens with this quotation from Henry B. Veatch’s Rational Man: A Modern Interpretation of Aristotelian Ethics: “In Aristotle’s eyes, ethics does not begin with thinking of others; it begins with oneself. The reason is that every human being faces the task of learning how to live, how
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