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The Big Questions with Big John – Dr. Aeon Skoble

Talking Liberty-based philosophies with Dr. Aeon J. Skoble, Bridgewater State University.

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The Big Questions with Big John is an interview show where our own Big John gets the opportunity to have conversations with interesting people from all walks of life.

In this episode, Big John discusses Liberty-based philosophies such as agorism, anarchy, anarcho-capitalism, capitalism, classical liberalism and minarchy with Dr. Aeon J. Skoble, Bartlett Chair in Free Speech and Expression; Professor of Philosophy; Co-coordinator of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Bridgewater State University.

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Chapters:
00:00 Opening
03:00 What is Liberty?
06:00 What constitutes a legitimate claim to a “right”?
08:00 Negative, positive, and Natural rights
11:00 Moral obligations to others in a Liberty world view
19:45 Minarchy
24:00 Conservatism is not Libertarianism
27:15 Agorism, Left- and Right-Libertarianism
34:15 Capitalism, Anarcho-capitalism
40:30 Anarchy
48:00 Classical liberalism as a practical matter
55:15 Silly Questions


As the founder of the original Sports Grumblings brand (1995), FSWA award-winning writer "Big John" delivered on his promise of "All the ATTITUDE you can handle!" while remaining a staunchly independent voice in the burgeoning fantasy sports industry. After selling the business to fellow fantasy sports OG (and good friend) William Del Pilar in 2012, Big John pursued his interests in comedic entertainment. Fast forward 10 years and Big John finds himself back home at Sports Grumblings, where he belongs, still bringing all the attitude you can handle!

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