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The trouble with 'freedom'
FromA Point of View
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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Aug 24, 2012
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Podcast episode
Description
"We like to tell ourselves an uplifting story in which freedom expands whenever tyranny is overthrown" writes John Gray. "We believe that...when a dictator is toppled the result is not only a more accountable type of government but also greater liberty throughout society". But Gray believes otherwise. Using the nineteenth century liberal John Stuart Mill and his god-son Bertrand Russell, he advances his argument that liberty is one thing, democracy another. "The reality" he says "is that when a tyrant is toppled we can't know what will come next". Producer:
Adele Armstrong.
Adele Armstrong.
Released:
Aug 24, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode
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