Ep. 387 What Rights Are, Where They Come From, and Whether Animals Have Them
The Tom Woods Show
Tom Woods
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2015
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Few topics are more foundational to libertarianism than rights. What are rights? How can we derive them? And do they extend beyond human beings? We explore these and other questions in today's episode.
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| 0:00.0 | In a world of Democrats, there will be time for them to make profits. |
| 0:05.2 | Now's not that time. |
| 0:06.4 | And Republicans. |
| 0:07.9 | I've abandoned free market principles to save the free market system. |
| 0:12.2 | You need a voice of liberty. |
| 0:15.0 | Look no further. |
| 0:16.8 | You've found it. |
| 0:18.4 | Tom Woods. |
| 0:21.2 | Beware, citizen. |
| 0:22.9 | You are now departing from the world of allowable opinion. |
| 0:26.9 | The Tom Woods Show. |
| 0:33.7 | Welcome to the Tom Woods Show, episode 387. |
| 0:38.2 | We're talking about rights today. |
| 0:40.7 | What are rights? |
| 0:42.3 | What are your rights? |
| 0:44.3 | Where do they come from? |
| 0:45.4 | How can you defend the idea of rights? |
| 0:47.9 | And do rights extend to animals? |
| 0:51.9 | We're going to answer these questions and more today, and I'm glad to be joined once again |
| 0:56.9 | by a frequent guest of this program, Gary Chartier. |
| 0:59.8 | We have not talked to Gary in a while, so I'm glad to be able to do so today. |
| 1:03.4 | Before we get to Gary, a couple quick things, make sure and check out today's show notes page, |
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