Our major debates over politics and science are primarily debates about Ethics. Progress and Polarization: Are things getting better or worse? The Whiteside Forum opens its 2022-2023 season on Sunday, October 30, 2022, hosting Dr. Stephen R. C. Hicks. He will speak to “Ethics and Current Ideological Movements,” starting at 2:00 p.m., in the Community Room at Odell Public Library, 307 S. Madison Street, Morrison, IL. All Forum events are open to the public and free of charge–due to the generosity of many individual donors.
This is your rare opportunity to hear a different perspective and to ask questions of an academic expert in the field of Ethics.
Dr. Stephen Hicks is Professor of Philosophy and Executive Director of the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship, at Rockford University in Rockford, IL. He is the author of six books that have been translated into 20 languages: Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault; Nietzsche and the Nazis; The Art of Reasoning: Readings for Logical Analysis; Entrepreneurial Living; Liberalism Pro and Con; Eight Philosophies of Education.
He has published widely in academic journals, as well as more popular outlets such as The Wall Street Journal. Dr. Hick’s Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees are from the University of Guelph (Canada), and his Ph.D. in Philosophy is from Indiana University.
Discussion Topics: Ethics and Current Ideological Movements, by Stephen R. C. Hicks
- Major Debates over Politics and Science are Primarily Debates about Ethics:
Red Pills and the Woke
COVID: Liberty and Authority, Science and Skepticism
Antifa and Taking it to the Streets
Two Black Lives Matter Movements
Two Russia-Ukraine responses - Progress and Polarization: Are things getting better or worse?
Enlightenment Successes
Is America the New Rome-in-Decline Case?
Is America the New Weimar/Rise-of-National-Socialism Case? - Claim: It’s a Three-way Debate, Not Two Way
Moderns, Pre-Moderns, and Post-Modern.
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