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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 733 Thoughts on Family, Children, and Libertarianism

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Economics, Libertarian, Government, News

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2016

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In this episode I share some thoughts about egalitarianism and the family (mortal enemies, those), and whether parents can be said, within the libertarian framework, to have positive obligations toward their children.

Show notes for Ep. 733

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0:00.0

The Tom Woods Show, episode 733.

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0:44.0

Hi, everybody. Tom Woods here.

0:46.3

I want to talk about some topics relating to families and children as they relate to libertarianism.

0:54.4

There's nothing exhaustive about this particular episode, which I don't think will be super-duper

0:59.9

long.

1:00.8

These are just some thoughts I had just from an article that I read recently that I want to

1:05.5

tell you about, and also from reading what other listeners had to say on the subject of children and libertarianism.

1:13.4

Because back, oh, I don't know, maybe a dozen or so episodes ago, something like that,

1:18.6

I had Julie Borowski back on the show, and I asked her, what do you think are some areas within

1:24.6

libertarian thought that are not fully fleshed out to your satisfaction,

1:30.3

where you think we still need to do some more work. And one area in particular that we talked

1:36.1

about in that regard was children. And it's a complicated question because, of course, the

1:43.3

issue of when somebody reaches the age

1:45.5

of reason has no definitive answer that is strictly correct for every single person. You have to

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