A Profound Mischaracterization of Liberalism (A Response)
Channel: Professor McCoige
Date: 2024-03-08

This is an analysis and response video to a clip from @pintswithaquinas, an interview with Dr. Andrew Jones about political liberalism. I argue that Dr. Jones creates something of a "Straw Frankenstein" version of "liberalism" to critique, so I spent an hour and a half or so picking apart this little section of the interview. Come along for the ride!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot8Eul-nDU4

Related Materials: 
My lecture on uncharitable arguments including the "straw Frankenstein": https://youtu.be/6ZRm7cBFWfY
An article from Murray Rothbard on the Thomistic basis for Austrian economics: https://mises.org/library/praxeology-methodology-austrian-economics
My lecture on Rothbard's Thomism: https://youtu.be/2CjuQWPSG-k
Hans Hermann Hoppe's "argumentation ethics": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8UE3QAV8JM
Glaucon from Plato's Republic on the "social contract": https://youtu.be/V10GAffjIhE
Bob Murphy on polycentric enforcement mechanisms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0_Jd_MzGCw
My lecture on ways what factors render an action involuntary: https://youtu.be/PA6V9SHUYS8
The notorious "Shaming Others is Unjustifiable Coercion" article: https://web.archive.org/web/20221004092857/https://thoughtsonliberty.com/shaming-others-is-unjustifiable-coercion
My article distinguishing power from authority: https://705606f6.flowpaper.com/REBUSPowerIssue2020/#page=28