Yaron Lectures: Free Speech and the Battle for Western Culture
Above all else, the Wests fight for liberty was historically a fight for the free mind against religious and political tyranny. If knowledge and happiness are the goal, the individual must be free to think and speak without threat of violence, imprisonment or death. This idea is at the root of the Wests unprecedented prosperity. And without this right, ARI could not advocate the new ideas and the new philosophy that can revive the Wests greatness. But today the right to free speech isprecarious. This right is under vehement attack by our enemies and is being increasingly dismissed by the West itself.
In this talk given to the students at New Economic School of Georgia on September 7, 2017, Yaron Brook explores the reasons why the right to free speech is being attacked and why it is imperative that we properly defend freedom of speech.
Service:
Spreaker
Publshed on:
Sep 07, 2017
Duration:
01:14:59
Rise and Fall of Free Speech in America
02:10
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05:29
3.3 minutes
05:30
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09:11
3.7 minutes
Yaron, Exeter University, and free speech on campuses
09:12
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12:11
3.0 minutes
Free Speech vs. Hate Speech
12:12
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16:39
4.5 minutes
Age of Reason and determining objective Truth
16:40
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22:09
5.5 minutes
Assault on Free Speech: President Trump and the Media
22:10
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23:59
1.8 minutes
Offending people is a right
24:00
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26:59
3.0 minutes
Foundational ideas of Western Civilization: Reason & Individualism; banning force
27:00
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30:44
3.7 minutes
30:45
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34:59
4.2 minutes
Q: How to deal with ‘offensive’ monuments?
35:00
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37:49
2.8 minutes
Q: What about Rawls's egalitarianism, isn’t he right?
37:50
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42:29
4.7 minutes
Q: What’s the difference between political and economic equality?
42:30
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48:13
5.7 minutes
Q: Why is free speech under attack?
48:14
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53:09
4.9 minutes
Q: How to deal with lies in “Post-Truth” era?
53:10
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54:59
1.8 minutes
Q: what about preventative laws/actions that stop an event?
55:00
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58:57
4.0 minutes
Q: Isn’t freedom a contradiction?
58:58
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01:02:59
4.0 minutes
Q: Isn’t the identity politics/political correctness a direct assault on individualism?
01:03:00
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01:05:09
2.2 minutes
Q: Isn’t public education a cure to the problems in the world?
01:05:10
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01:08:49
3.7 minutes
Q: What’s wrong with Trump expressing his opinion?
01:08:50
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01:11:10
2.3 minutes
Q: How does one stand-up for one’s ideals?
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N/A
3.8 minutes