Ep. 129 Righting Rawls

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Tom Woods

Politics, Economics, Libertarian, Government, News

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2014

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Gary Chartier, author of Radicalizing Rawls: Global Justice and the Foundations of International Law, makes an argument for private-property anarchism, and explains about how the project of John Rawls -- among the most important political philosophers of the 20th century -- can be made market-friendly. Follow him on Twitter and at his blog.

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0:00.0	I've abandoned free market principles to save the free market system.
0:09.9	In a world of conventional confusion, there will be time for them to make profits.
0:14.9	Now's not that time.
0:16.4	Daddy, what do taxes pay for?
0:18.2	Oh, why everything?
0:19.7	Policemen, trees, sunshine.
0:21.9	Let's not forget the folks who just don't feel like working, God bless them.
0:25.9	Don't be afraid.
0:26.7	I'll be afraid.
0:28.2	Prepare to unshackle your mind.
0:31.2	An idea who his time has come cannot be stopped by any army or any government.
0:36.9	Your professor has arrived.
0:41.0	Tom Woods.
0:42.3	Well, his mind is not for rent to any government.
0:46.9	Beware, citizen, you are now departing from the world of allowable opinion.
0:52.3	The Tom Woods Show. Welcome, everybody. It's Tuesday, April 1st,
0:58.4	2014. We're talking about John Rawls today, for good or ill, one of the most influential
1:05.7	philosophers of the 20th century. We're talking to Gary Chartier, who joined us last year for his book, The Conscience of
1:14.1	Anarchist.
1:14.7	He's got a new book, Radicalizing Rawls, Global Justice and the Foundations of International
1:20.3	Law.
1:21.5	Typically, Rawls has been used by social Democrats and left liberals in support of a welfare state, redistribution of wealth,
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