Is Education Really Too Expensive? [new The Good Life column]

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The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “Many people complain about how education has become so expensive. Mostly, they are wrong. “Schooling has become more expensive, but consider the cost of the following awesome education resources: Khan Academy for learning math: Free. Louvre Online for experiencing and studying art history: Free. Google Translate for […]

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“How Do You Explain the Great Enrichment of the Modern World?” — short video from Buenos Aires

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I gave a talk in June at a conference sponsored by Fundación para la Responsabilidad Intelectual (FRI), Junior Achievement Argentina, and the John Templeton Foundation. When I was in Buenos Aires, FRI also did three short videos of me addressing questions. Here is a 12-minute video of my response to “How Do You Explain the Great Enrichment of

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Sobre a dívida grega e fazer o que é moral [Portuguese translation]

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Para a resolução de casos complexos como a dívida grega, a melhor forma dá-se inicialmente por meio da reflexão sobre casos mais simples. Todos os lados da discussão estão apelando para considerações morais sobre responsabilidade, justiça e prudência. Parte do debate trata do significado de tais princípios. Uma parte intimamente ligada ao debate envolve distinguir

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Texts in Philosophy — late 2015 additions

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For use in my courses, additions to my Texts in Philosophy page. All files are PDFs. Antony Flew, R. M. Hare, and Basil Mitchell, “Three Accounts of What Faith Is,” from “Theology & Falsification: A Symposium” (1971). St. Augustine, on “Righteous Persecution” (c. 397-418 CE). HTML. David Hume, “Moral Distinctions Not Derived from Reason”, A

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FRI’s one-day conference in Miami, September 16

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On Wednesday I will give a talk at FRI’s first North American event. Gloria Alvarez (Guatemala), José Benegas (Argentina), Marsha Enright (USA), Eduardo Marty (Argentina), Warren Orbaugh (Guatemala), and I will be participating. My topic will be “Progress and Betrayal: The Responsibilities of Intellectuals.” One theme of my talk is drawn from my recent column,

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Updating the Philosophy’s Longest Sentences competition

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More on philosophers’ mind-numbingly long sentences. My initial post with my top candidates is here. Kazuma Kitamura sends in a new contender — a 175 word plea from Chapter One of John Stuart Mill’s The Subjection of Women: “If the authority of men over women, when first established, had been the result of a conscientious

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