Self Quantification

#3 | Stephen Hicks - The Past, Present and Future of Philosophy


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Stephen Hicks and Sebastian Lenk discuss the relation of various philosophical frameworks to the current economical, social, and political situation.


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00:00 Introducting Stephen Hicks

01:15 On the Importance of Childhood Nurture & Education

05:00 Internet - A Solution for Shortcomings of Formal Education

08:00 Inducing Active Mindedness

09:25 The Delicate Balance of Safety and Freedom

18:00 Critique of Moral Relativism

26:00 Weaponized Language and The Will to Power

36:30 Relation to Marxism - Disempowerment

41:25 A Rational Analysis of Tradition & Religion

46:30 Slave Morality in the Modern World

50:50 The Evil Habit of Teaching Nihilism


"Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, is the Senior Scholar for The Atlas Society, as well as the Director of the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship also at Rockford University. In 2010, he won his university's Excellence in Teaching Award. Professor Hicks has written four books: Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault, Nietzsche and the Nazis, Entrepreneurial Living, and The Art of Reasoning: Readings for Logical Analysis." atlassociety.org



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Self QuantificationBy Sebastian Lenk