Sam Arnold: "Significance of Economic Freedom"

On May 22nd, 2012 Sam Arnold spoke at Ethics@Noon, exploring the meaning and significance of economic liberties, and suggesting that, while these liberties are, indeed, important, they are of less importance than other, more familiar "basic liberties" like freedom of speech, association, and religion. Sam Arnold received his Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton in September, 2011. His research interests include the liberal tradition, distributive justice, and the place of meaningful work in liberal egalitarian theory.

The Ethics@noon series consists of informal noon-time talks and discussions, focused on different ethical issues. Each week, Stanford faculty tackle important questions of ethics that arise in private and public life. See more Ethics@Noon talks here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=...

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