The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “Honestly now: Do you have what it takes? We all like to think we’re smarter than average, but the math is cruel. Half of us are below median intelligence, and some of us are considerably lower. So why should we think that freedom is a good policy for everyone? […]
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Syriza, a far-left party with many Marxists, won the 2015 Greek election. They replace New Democracy, a middle-of-the-road party that failed to solve Greece’s economic woes. Of course the left-Marxism of Syriza will also fail to solve those woes and will make them worse. When that happens, to whom will the Greeks turn next? Note
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To accompany my Philosophy of Education course lectures on video, here are readings from key philosophers. Idealism: Plato (the Allegory of the Cave from Republic) and Immanuel Kant (from On Education). Realism: Aristotle (from Politics) and John Locke (from Some Thoughts concerning Education). Pragmatism: John Dewey (from Democracy and Education). Behaviorism: B. F. Skinner (from
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Outra eleição se aproxima e a questão na mente de todos é a seguinte: os grandes doadores terão o retorno esperado? O cinismo sobre o financiamento de campanhas é uma resposta saudável a nossa longa história de capitalismo de compadrio. Quando os US$ 700 bilhões do pacote de resgate foram distribuídos durante a crise de
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For the video’s Portuguese subtitles, click the “cc” transcription icon along the bottom of the video frame: Here is the original English transcription, and here is the text of the Portuguese translation. More of my work in Portuguese translation here.
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The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “Irrational and unjust discrimination in the workplace deserves exposure and condemnation. But what about rational discrimination? Consider the following cases. “You are the chair of the hiring committee for a new president of a historically-black college. So you discriminate in favor of black candidates and against non-black
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The Atlas Society has produced a Kindle version of my article “The Best Work of the Best Minds: Business Ethics and Value Creation.” The article is updated from the original 1994 article published in the IOS Journal. The opening lines: “I am sitting on the shore of Lake Ontario. It is late spring and the
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Um dos crimes mais terríveis que existe é o estupro. O sexo deveria ser uma coisa bonita e divertida — no entanto, o estupro toma a mais pessoal das experiências e a transforma em degradação. Existem notícias moderadamente boas no que tange ao número de estupros nos Estados Unidos. De acordo com o Bureau of
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