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The Curious TaskChris Freiman — Is it Okay to Ignore Politics?In this conversation from 2020, Alex Aragona speaks with Christopher Freiman as he explores why you might be happier, and ultimately contribute more to society, if you choose to ignore politics.
References from Episode 31 with Chris Freiman:
You can purchase Chris Freiman’s book when it’s out here
You can check out the Bleeding Heart Libertarians blog here
You can purchase Bryan Caplan’s book ‘The Myth of the Rational Voter’ on Amazon Canada here
2025-04-301h 07
Curiosity Porn11 - Dr. Christopher Freiman: Is Most Political Conventional Wisdom Wrong?Christopher Freiman, Professor of General Business at West Virginia University, joins us to discuss several political ideas people think are just obviously true, but are they? We discuss selling votes, selling citizenship rights, billionaires, paying attention to politics, and a universal basic income.2024-07-2659 minCuriosity Porn10 - James Davenport Wants Us to Stop Hating Each OtherJames and Guy Discuss James' article, We Hate Each Other.Link to James' article: https://nondoc.com/2023/08/21/we-hate-each-other-growing-incivility-undermines-the-values-of-our-democracy/Perry Bacon - Democrats are Wrong about Republicans. Republicans are Wrong about Democrats: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/democrats-are-wrong-about-republicans-republicans-are-wrong-about-democrats/Mernyk et al - Correcting Inaccurate Metaperceptions Reduces American's Support for Partisan Violence: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2116851119Iyengar, Sood, & Lelkes - Affect, not ideology: https://pcl.sites.stanford.edu/sites/g/files/sbiybj22066/files/media/file/iyengar-poq-affect-not-ideology.pdfLynn Vavreck - Are you wedded to your party?: https://www.nytimes...2024-07-121h 10
Academic EdgelordsEP 14: What if Moral Philosophy is Immoral? (On Brennan and Freiman’s Moral Philosophy’s Moral Risk)
We’re back! For our relaunch episode, we chose an article that helps us reflect on this podcast’s mission: “Moral Philosophy’s Moral Risk” by Jason Brennan and Christopher Freiman.
The paper argues that there is a difficult dilemma at the root of moral philosophical inquiry: either philosophers should avoid risky topics that could violate moral norms (such as expressive duties not to offend), or they must be granted some level of exemption from these duties in their professional work.
In this episode, we debate whether this dilemma is plausible, and whether our podcast risks viol...2024-06-0300 min
Musicality Now264: How to Be a BeatleChristopher looks back on "Beatles Month", when we went deep into the musicality of the Fab Four themselves, uncovering the truth behind their phenomenal career and apparently supernatural "talent". Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 264 Links and Resources • ToneDeafTest.com • SingTrue app • Beatles Month Index • Welcome to Beatles Month • How the Beatles Came to Be, with Scott Freiman • Writing Songs the Beatles Way, with Matt Blick...2024-05-1308 min
The Great AntidoteChris Freiman on ConsequentialismSend us a textChris Freiman, a professor of philosophy at William and Mary and the author of several books, talks to us about another philosophy of liberty: consequentialism. First, he talks to us about the importance of philosophy in defending liberty. Then he talks to us about the differences between consequentialism and other liberty philosophies, and we discuss the strengths and weaknesses in its defense of liberty. Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.2023-03-1048 minThe Great AntidoteChris Freiman on ConsequentialismSend us a textChris Freiman, a professor of philosophy at William and Mary and the author of several books, talks to us about another philosophy of liberty: consequentialism. First, he talks to us about the importance of philosophy in defending liberty. Then he talks to us about the differences between consequentialism and other liberty philosophies, and we discuss its strengths and weaknesses in its defense of liberty. Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.2023-03-0348 min
ReImagining LibertyCapitalism vs. Socialism (w/ Chris Freiman & Matt McManus)What's the best economic system for achieving prosperity, while maximizing liberty and autonomy? Capitalists give one answer, socialists another.Capitalists say that free markets not only produce wealth, but that wealth then empowers workers to have more say over their conditions and more freedom to exit from bad working situations, as well as experiment with different workplace organizational structures.Socialists might counter that capitalism concentrates so much power in the hands of owners and bosses that workers have little or no say in their circumstances, and lack the resources to exit or organize.2022-08-1057 min
ReImagining LibertyCapitalism vs. Socialism (w/ Chris Freiman & Matt McManus)What's the best economic system for achieving prosperity, while maximizing liberty and autonomy? Capitalists give one answer, socialists another.Capitalists say that free markets not only produce wealth, but that wealth then empowers workers to have more say over their conditions and more freedom to exit from bad working situations, as well as experiment with different workplace organizational structures.Socialists might counter that capitalism concentrates so much power in the hands of owners and bosses that workers have little or no say in their circumstances, and lack the resources to exit or organize.2022-08-1058 min
ReImagining LibertyCapitalism vs. Socialism (w/ Chris Freiman & Matt McManus)Available now for supporters. Available for everyone else August 10.Subscribe to (Re)Imagining Liberty: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | YouTubeWhat's the best economic system for achieving prosperity, while maximizing liberty and autonomy? Capitalists give one answer, socialists another.Capitalists say that free markets not only produce wealth, but that wealth then empowers workers to have more say over their conditions and more freedom to exit from bad working situations, as well as experiment with different workplace organizational structures.Socialists might counter that capitalism concentrates so much power in the hands...2022-08-1057 min
Out Of The Blank#1114 - Christopher FreimanChristopher Freiman is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the College of William & Mary. His research interests include democratic theory, distributive justice, and immigration. He’s the author of two books, Unequivocal Justice, and the most recent one, Why It’s OK to Ignore Politics. His work has appeared in venues such as the Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Philosophical Studies, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, The Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, Politics, Philosophy, and Economics, and The Oxford Handbook of Political Philosophy.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/out-of-the-blank-podcast/support2022-05-251h 08
Friends of Shakespeare and Company read Ulysses by James JoycePages 310 - 316 │ Wandering Rocks, part V │ Read by John ButlerPages 310 - 316 │Wandering Rocks, part V│Read by John ButlerJohn Butler is a writer and director of film and television. In 2021, he directed and wrote on The Outlaws with Christopher Walken and Stephen Merchant for BBC / Amazon, and before that, wrote and directed Papi Chulo starring Matt Bomer, Handsome Devil starring Andrew Scott, and The Stag. He's also the author of a novel called The Tenderloin (Picador).Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrjohnbutler*Looking for our author interview podcast? Listen here: http...2022-03-2810 min
The Uncommon Wisdom Podcast#8 | Chris Freiman on Why Politics is TerribleProf. Freiman and I discuss the importance of elections, whether one can complain if they didn’t vote, the (dis)value of political participation, free-riding in a democracy, the fact that so many voters are poorly informed, and much more.Prof. Christopher Freiman is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the College of William & Mary. He is the author, most recently, of Why It’s OK to Ignore Politics (Routledge).If you enjoyed this, please SUBSCRIBE. It’s FREE, with new content EVERY week. This is a public episode. If you wo...2021-11-0151 min
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The Curious TaskChris Freiman — Is it Okay to Ignore Politics?Alex Aragona speaks with Christopher Freiman as he explores why you might be happier, and ultimately contribute more to society, if you choose to ignore politics.
References from Episode 31 with Chris Freiman:
You can purchase Chris Freiman’s book when it’s out here
You can check out the Bleeding Heart Libertarians blog here
You can purchase Bryan Caplan’s book ‘The Myth of the Rational Voter’ on Amazon Canada here
2020-03-041h 07
The Curious TaskChris Freiman — Do People Have the Right to Immigrate?Alex Aragona speaks with Chris Freiman as he shares his thoughts on whether people have the right to immigrate.
References
1. Christopher Freiman’s Articles, Bleeding Heart Libertarianism
Link: https://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/author/christopher-freiman/
2. “A Defense of Open Borders” by Christopher Freiman
Link: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-93907-0_13
3. “Liberalism or Immigration Restriction, But Not Both” by Chris Freiman and Javier Hidalgo
Link: https://cafreiman.people.wm.edu/Site/Papers_files/Freiman%20and%20Hidalgo%20-%20Liberalism%20or%20Immigration%20Restrictions,%20But%20Not%20Both%20%28Preprint%29.pdf
2019-10-0955 min
Free ThoughtsIdealizing the Government: Political Philosophy for the Real World (with Chris Freiman)Chris Freiman joins us today to argue that the liberal egalitarian rejection of free market regimes rests on a crucial methodological mistake. Liberal egalitarians regularly assume an ideal “public interest” model of political behavior and a nonideal “private interest” model of behavior in the market and civil society.Why do we need the state? What is the free rider problem? What is ideal theory? How did Rawls mix ideal and non-ideal theory when analyzing institutions? What kind of state would we have in a perfectly just world? What kinds of institutional designs is Rawls aiming at? How is votin...2019-06-2845 min
Musicality NowHow the Beatles Came to Be, with Scott FreimanWelcome back to Beatles Month! Today we’re talking with Scott Freiman, the creator of Deconstructing the Beatles, a series of uniquely revealing multimedia presentations about the composition and production techniques of the Beatles. Scott has spoken about the Beatles to sold-out audiences, on college campuses and for companies around the USA. He skillfully draws on original multitrack recordings to reveal exactly how the songs we know and love were put together, drawing out new and fascinating insights about the Beatles and their music. Scott is also a professional composer and dist...2019-04-0449 minFree ThoughtsArguments for Liberty: UtilitarianismChristopher Freiman joins us to talk about his Arguments for Liberty chapter on utilitarianism. What’s the utilitarian argument for libertarianism?What is utilitarianism? How does utilitarianism interact with rights-based approaches to morality? What are the rhetorical virtues of utilitarianism?Show Notes and Further ReadingYou can read Freiman’s Arguments for Liberty chapter in full here: “A Utilitarian Case for Libertarianism”Arguments for Liberty is available here as a free .pdf and in Kindle and e-Book formats. It’s also available in paperback on Amazon.Here are a few other selec...2017-08-2546 min