John Rawls at 100 (Glenn Loury & Joshua Cohen)

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Glenn Loury

Politics, Society & Culture, News

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🗓️ 26 March 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Who was moral and political philosopher John Rawls? ... Why Rawls' "A Theory of Justice" is such an important text ... Is taxation an infringement on liberty? ... Understanding the freedom vs. liberty paradox ... Focusing on the poor to improve human well-being ... Accounting for earned success or failure ...

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast from BloggingHeads TV.
0:07.0	All right, we're on the way. Hey, Josh, how you doing?
0:11.0	I'm doing well, Glenn. It's nice to see you again.
0:14.0	It's very good to see you too. This is indeed Glenn Lowry.
0:18.0	This is the Glenn Show at BloggingHeads.tv
0:21.0	also at patreon.com forward slash Glenn Show.
0:24.0	I'm with Josh Cohen.
0:27.0	Josh is the editor and publisher of the Boston Review,
0:30.0	which is a very important organ.
0:33.0	Your circulation is what, Josh?
0:36.0	Well, you know, sir, it depends how you count.
0:40.0	I count one to a thousand.
0:42.0	And so then our circulation is real.
0:44.0	No, you know, the print circulation.
0:47.0	You know, I don't, I honestly, I didn't even know what it is
0:50.0	because we're basically publishing more like books now.
0:53.0	But online, we've got, you know, we had about five million
1:00.0	people show up last year.
1:02.0	And so we're, we've got, we're doing better than ever on Circulate.
1:07.0	That's fantastic.
1:08.0	We've been doing it for decades and it's made 30 years.
1:12.0	Glenn, this is, this is, this is my 30th year.
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