Sociobiology is the doctrine that we have fundamental behaviors and psychological characteristics that are explained by the incentives
Sociobiology is the doctrine that we have fundamental behaviors and psychological characteristics that are explained by the incentives
It is my view that scholarly writing has several distinctive characteristics: It shows careful reading of primary sources and a thorough
Morally there is a kind of symmetry between the two types of reparations cases: In general, there is no justice in blaming a group for the
If only Progressivism could be a genus of Objectivism! But, alas, no.The Progressive movement was originally an intellectual and political
Ayn Rand is not a revered figure in academic philosophy at this time. But there is a growing body of scholarship on her ideas by academic
"Individualism" is a term for classifying theories, such as ethical or social theories. Any theory that places the individual foremost or
One of the strangest stories in English literature is the rise and fall of Joseph Addison’s Cato, which was first performed in London in....
This is a collection of essays and reviews by an American sociologist who for some forty years has been slugging it out in academic journals
September/October 2002 -- BOOK REVIEW: Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism . By Joshua Muravchik. (San Francisco, Calif...
December 2004 -- Ayn Rand acknowledged Aristotle as the only philosopher to whom she was indebted, the father of logic who defined "the bas
Transhumanism (e.g. H+ ) or Extropianism is an ideological coalition centered on the idea that, in the near future, substantial....
Libertarianism is the political position that all human relationships should be voluntary, i.e. not subject to the initiation of force by...
Avant la philosophie, pendant des dizaines de milliers d'années, les êtres humains ne voyaient pas le monde comme nous le voyons. Pourquoi le Nil est-il monté et a-t-il inondé les champs ?
In 2003, the Supreme Court declared that people challenging the constitutionality of an economic regulation must "negative every conceivable
Mon thème est que, dans le paysage intellectuel allemand, Kant est aussi proche que possible de la pensée des Lumières. Du point de vue de la plupart des
Ma philosophie consiste essentiellement à concevoir l'homme comme un être héroïque, dont le but moral de la vie est son propre bonheur, et qui est productif.
Pour vivre, l'homme doit agir ; pour agir, il doit faire des choix ; pour faire des choix, il doit définir un code de valeurs ; pour faire des choix, il doit définir un code de valeurs ; pour faire des choix, il doit définir un code de valeurs ; pour faire des choix, il doit définir un code de valeurs ; pour...
Aristote est à l'origine d'une théorie littéraire qui met l'accent sur les caractéristiques objectives des textes et sur les intentions de l'auteur qui sont à l'origine de ces textes.
Maria Montessori, première femme diplômée de l'école de médecine de l'université de Rome, est devenue médecin en 1896. Son premier poste est celui de
Marxism and Objectivism are similar in very few respects: —They are systems of thought. But Marxism is primarily a political and economic