Nietzsche: “Being profound and seeming profound. —Those who know that they are profound strive for clarity. Those who would like to seem profound to the crowd strive for obscurity. For the crowd believes that if it cannot see to the bottom of something it must be profound. It is so timid and dislikes going into
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Rape is among the most horrific of crimes. Sex should be a fun and beautiful thing — but rape takes that most personal of experiences and turns it into a degradation. There is moderately good news about the number of rapes in the USA. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the rape rate has
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After beating up on some “left” icons (here, here, and here, for example), it’s time to give some grief to the “right.” American political vocabulary tends to sort people into liberals on the left and conservatives on the right. All are big-tent labels, and we argue continuously about how to place libertarians, progressives, socialists, theocrats,
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I’ve joined the Academic Advisory Committee of the Global Corporate Governance Institute. From August 1-3, the GCGI will be holding its 3rd International Conference on CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance in Cologne, Germany.
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Chances are good that someone you know owns a Che t-shirt. Romanticized versions of Ernesto Guevara Lynch’s bearded face are popular on campuses and elsewhere — so popular that the American chain store Urban Outfitters planned to release a whole line of Che-inspired fashion items, and dozens of other websites offer a wide range of
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On April 12 I will be speaking (in English) at the 29th Fórum da Liberdade in Porto Alegre. Here’s the list of speakers. Before that, on April 10, I will be speaking at the Conferência Atlantos, and on April 11, I will be talking at the Pan American High School on the theme of being
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This is a work in progress. Corrections and additions welcome. The long comparison table below is also here in PDF format. Summary 96 issues included as of April 2016. Agreements: 19 Disagreements: 70 Semi-agree/ disagree: 7 Of the agreements: Negative agreements: 8 Positive agreements: 11 Bibliography Nietzsche’s works cited Rand’s works cited A The Antichrist
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The Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship and Vienna’s Austrian Economic Center will host two panels on The Role of the State: The American Dream? Socialism? and Immigration: Controlled or Free? on Friday, April 1, 2:00-4:00 P.M in Severson Auditorium in Scarborough Hall on the Rockford University campus. The event is free of charge and open to
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