On Martin Luther King Day–and every day–we should focus on the antidote to racism and alternative to racial thinking: individualism.
Edwin A Locke
Edwin A. Locke is Dean's Professor of Leadership and Motivation Emeritus at the R.H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland.
He is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), the American Psychological Association, the Society for Industrial & Organizational Behavior, and the Academy of Management. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award (Society for I/O Psychology), the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Management (OB Division), the J. M. Cattell Award (APS) and the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the Academy of Management.
He, with Gary Latham, has spent over 50 years developing Goal Setting Theory, ranked No. 1 in importance among 73 management theories. He has published over 320 chapters, articles, reviews and notes, and has authored or edited 13 books including (w. Kenner) The Selfish Path to Romance, (w. Latham) New Directions in Goal Setting and Task Performance, and The Prime Movers: Traits of the Great Wealth Creators. He is internationally known for his research on motivation, job satisfaction, leadership, and other topics.
His website is: EdwinLocke.com
A Review of Liz Cheney’s book Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning
Edwin Locke’s summary and review of Liz Cheney’s book Oath and Honor.
A Tale of Two Wars: Vietnam and Afghanistan Compared to Israel and Ukraine
What is the ruling principle for America in regards to providing aid in war?
David vs. Goliath Redux
The new Israeli-Hamas war is David vs. Goliath all over again.
Giving Real Meaning to Veterans Day
Any element of self-sacrifice in war is a betrayal of our soldiers and the American freedom they fight for.
I Beg to Differ, Mr. Obama
Innocent Gaza citizens should criticize Hamas for their misery and suffering, not Israel.
The Palestinian Choice
There will be no peace in the Middle East unless secular freedom rather than theocratic despotism becomes the Palestinians’ guiding philosophy.
Understanding the Israeli-Palestinian Wars
It is impossible to understand the enduring Israeli-Palestinian conflicts and the current war without understanding history, philosophy, and strategies.
Russia and the Pope
The Pope must mercilessly condemn Putin’s Russia as a country of pure evil.
Self-Sacrifice Is Evil, Self-Interest Is Good
Rational self-interest is good, including when used to help others whom you value, but true altruism (as opposed to helping valued others) works against human life and happiness.
The Illusion of Determinism: Sam Harris’ Aborted Attempt to Refute Free Will
Free will cannot be proven because it is the foundation of any proof of anything. It is determinism and not free will that is an illusion.
Mutual Egoism: The Key To a Rational Relationship
Each partner personally values the other because they possess admirable qualities, such as integrity, and they share common values and interests.
Free Will Is No Illusion
Free will is, thus, an axiom of epistemology. It is self-evident to introspection and cannot be refuted without contradiction.
Are Intellectual Ability Tests Biased?
IQ should not be confused with actual learning or the acquisition of knowledge.
Should The U.S. Have Left Afghanistan?
Military training does not help fundamentalist countries in the absence of value training, and value training could only work if a large portion of the population became pro-reason and thus pro-individual rights.
United Free Nations
The free nations of the world should work together to achieve the highest degree of separation possible between their world and the unfree world.
The Contradiction at The Base of the United Nations
The biggest dictatorships are members of the Security Council and are allowed to veto any proposals they do not like. Further, the worst human rights violators regularly staff the U. N. Human Rights Council—a major farce.
July Fourth Celebrates America’s and the West’s Core Values
Reason, Rights, and Science Are What Made America Great
The Earth and Civilization Have Been Saved By Fossil Fuels
In his 2022 book Fossil Future, Alex Epstein of the Center for Industrial Progress argues that fossil fuels are one of the greatest benefits to human civilization ever and that no viable substitutes exist, at least for now.
The Myth That Everything Depends on Luck
Did you work to make or take advantage of your own luck?
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