For NSP 53, we spoke with social anarchist Jesse Spafford on how even standard libertarian commitments lead to socialist conclusions.

Jesse Spafford is a lecturer in philosophy at the Victoria University of Wellington whose work explores the moral underpinnings of anarchism. He presents anarchism as a fusion of libertarian and socialist moral principles, arguing that this position is both coherent and plausible.

https://jessespafford.com/
https://twitter.com/jessespafford
https://bsky.app/profile/jessespafford.bsky.social

Social Anarchism and the Rejection of Moral Tyranny
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/social-anarchism-and-the-rejection-of-moral-tyranny/6B0E38604D6CE88BCBF699D7D2805E89

00:00:00 Introduction
00:10:57 Libertarianism and Social Anarchism
00:12:35 Philisophical Anarchism
00:16:23 Private Property and Self-Ownership
00:23:47 Egalitarian Natural Rights
00:34:18 Uncertainty in Reasoning
00:41:28 Property and Rights
00:46:51 Markets
00:53:47 Division of Labor
00:58:03 Ideal Society
01:08:14 Right Libertarians
01:11:50 Tolerating the State
01:22:35 Academia
01:30:35 Equality
01:34:42 Good Books
01:38:34 Cappuccino
01:39:25 Outro

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