“The basis of a democratic state is liberty.” “He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.” The final meeting of this semester’s reading group on Aristotle’s Politics will be on Friday, December 2, 3 p.m., at […]
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I was video-interviewed by Luis Figueroa at Francisco Marroquín University on the topic of business ethics. In the twelve-minute discussion, I respond to the following questions: * What do you think of “corporate social responsibility”? * Why do you believe business ethics should begin with entrepreneurship? * Are there differences between ethics in family and
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… is online here at Francisco Marroquín University’s site. While at UFM, I visited the rare book library and got to hold an original copy of Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie. Awesome.
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I finished my Ph.D. dissertation. Tempus fugit. Looking back, I’m happy with the content, though the writing style is high academese. (As they say, dissertations are written for committees not human beings.)
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From November 3 to 6, I will be giving an invited series of lectures and seminars (nine hours worth of them!) at the Francisco Marroquín University in Guatemala. My general themes will be entrepreneurship, ethics, philosophy, and political economy. The times titles of my various talks are as follows. Open Lecture (Thursday, November 3): “Entrepreneurs
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“Occupy Wall Street–or Occupy Pennsylvania Avenue?” That is the title of a talk I’ll be giving to the Philosophy Club at nearby Rock Valley College. Time and place: Tuesday, October 25, 3:00-4:00 in classroom building CL1, room 227, on the RVC campus. Should be fun. Thanks to Christopher McGill for the invitation.
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Federico Fernández and Martin Sarano of Argentina’s Bases Foundation spoke at Rockford College on the challenging political economy of Argentina and its impact on current business. A century ago Argentina’s economy was in the top ten in the world, but has declined significantly. Doingbusiness.org currently ranks Argentina ranked 115th. In the interview we talk about
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… for the link to my Explaining Postmodernism. May my philosophical intellectual history rule Amazon sales this weekend. (And thanks to Hal Hollis for the pointer.)
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