Today is Liberalism Day
More information here about political truth in advertising, as I think of it. A list of signatories is here.
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Bootleg version of Explaining Postmodernism in Iran?
A Persian translation of Explaining Postmodernism was published in Tehran in 2013. I recently learned that another edition is available, one that knew nothing about. How fun — a bootleg version of my book circulating in Iran. If anyone has information about the translator, the publisher, or the quality of this edition, please let me
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At the Junior Achievement Brazil site: O que a ética empresarial pode aprender com o empreendedorismo?
My essay, “O que a ética empresarial pode aprender com o empreendedorismo?” is now also posted at the Junior Achievement Brazil site. Also posted in Portuguese here, in the original English as “What Business Ethics Can Learn from Entrepreneurship” [pdf], in Serbo-Croatian translation, Spanish translation, and audio edition in MP3 format and YouTube.
Defining Sport — book proposal call for abstracts
My Rockford University colleague Shawn Klein, a.k.a. the Sports Ethicist, is planning an edited volume of essays on sport. The working title is Defining Sport: Contemporary Explorations. Here is the Call for Abstracts for the book proposal.
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“Philosophy and a Century of War” — transcript
Below is a transcription of the video available YouTube and StephenHicks.org. Philosophy and a Century of War (transcription) Stephen R. C. Hicks Philosophy has a reputation for being abstract and difficult, which it certainly can be. It also has a reputation for being impractical, which it definitely is not. So today I want to give
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Unauthorized book marketing — News Report
Imagine the following news report: ‘Children’s Publishing, Inc., has reached a $105 million settlement with several U.S. states over the unlawful market of its history books. The book publishing company did not admit wrongdoing but confirmed its agreement with 44 states and the U.S. Department of Education. “The settlement requires CPI to pay a penalty
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My essay “Educating for Entrepreneurship”
[The English text is below was also translated into Polish and published in the education journal Przegląd Pedagogiczny.] Educating for Entrepreneurship Stephen R.C. HicksDepartment of Philosophy and Center for Ethics and EntrepreneurshipRockford UniversityRockford, Illinois, USA Introduction: Japanese visitors to American schools Recently a team of Japanese investigators come to the United States to study its
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Two fine commencement addresses: Bloomberg and McRaven
Michael R. Bloomberg’s “Don’t Major in Intolerance.” Delivered at Harvard University. (Via Z.C.) William H. McRaven’s “Life Lessons From Navy SEAL Training.” Delivered at the University of Texas at Austin.
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