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Should the Culture War be important to Objectivists?

Should the Culture War be important to Objectivists?

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March 12, 2024

Question: Should the Culture War be important to Objectivists?

Answer: I think, absolutely important!

One reason is that part of Objectivism is an advocacy of limited government. That then is to say that we think that most of the work and activity in the creation of value will happen outside of the political sphere. But that’s exactly where culture matters. The role for Objectivism is to live the most flourishing life one can, and to a large extent that depends only on oneself. But a lot of the values we seek are done in a social context; with friends, in recreation activities, in business and so forth, and so therefore, the kind of people that make up much of one’s cultural surroundings are going to be hugely impactful on the quality of one’s own life.

If you live in a culture that is free but everybody is irrational, or everybody is adversarial and mistrusting, than one’s quality of life, so culture matters.

Stephen Hicks Ph.D.
About the author:
Stephen Hicks Ph.D.

Stephen R. C. Hicks is a Senior Scholar for The Atlas Society and Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University. He is also the Director of the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship at Rockford University.

Ele é autor de A Arte da Raciocínio: Leituras para Análise Lógica (W. W. Norton & Co., 1998), Explicando o pós-modernismo: Cepticismo e Socialismo de Rousseau a Foucault (Scholargy, 2004), Nietzsche e os nazis (Ockham's Razor, 2010), Vida empresarial (CEEF, 2016), Liberalismo Pro e Con (Connor Court, 2020), Arte: Moderno, Pós-moderno e Mais Além (com Michael Newberry, 2021) e Oito Filosofias da Educação (2022). Publicou em Business Ethics Quarterly, Review of Metaphysics, e The Wall Street Journal. Os seus escritos foram traduzidos em 20 línguas.

Tem sido Professor Visitante de Ética Empresarial na Universidade de Georgetown em Washington, D.C., Visiting Fellow no Centro de Filosofia e Política Social em Bowling Green, Ohio, Professor Visitante na Universidade de Kasimir the Great, Polónia, Visiting Fellow no Harris Manchester College da Universidade de Oxford, Inglaterra, e Professor Visitante na Universidade Jagiellonian, Polónia.

Os seus diplomas de licenciatura e mestrado são da Universidade de Guelph, Canadá. O seu doutoramento em Filosofia é da Universidade de Indiana, Bloomington, EUA.

Em 2010, ganhou o Prémio de Excelência em Ensino da sua universidade.

A sua série de podcasts Open College é publicada pela Possibly Correct Productions, Toronto. As suas palestras e entrevistas em vídeo estão online no CEE Video Channel, e o seu website é StephenHicks.org.  


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