Prof. Antony Davies: Who Favors More Freedom, Liberals or Conservatives?

Prof. Antony Davies analyzes the fundamental differences between liberals and conservatives. He then proposes an alternative method of viewing political issues, which looks at policies and their respective impact on individual freedom. Prof. Antony Davies concludes that the conventional liberal/conservative dichotomy encourages us to ignore first principles, and hence, overlook contradictory views.

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[CaseyChristopher]

Just a note for everyone. This is also the way Libertarians see/view the republican and democratic parties.

[firexgodx]

This man is 100% correct. This is why we need to disband republicans and democrats and instead vote on issues. But seeing as how that will never happen, vote Libertarian if you are Economically conservative and socially liberal!

[nicscov]

That's funny, because I've been saying these two "First Principles" to friends of mine for a while now and so far they've been observed. I've also noticed that neither party holds to the exact definition of their ideology.

(Modern) Liberalism is the moral absolute belief that there are no moral absolutes and that all laws should be based upon the fleeting whims of the majority.

(Modern) Conservatism is the belief in moral absolutes (self-evident regardless of opinion) and that ONLY those should be the basis of law

All the "issues" are just icing on the cake to keep us distracted.

[therasheck]

Mind
I have always believed in freedom first.
This means that if my decision brings disaster opon me so be it. You don't HAVE TO HELP ME! Your help is nice and if offered freely or with strings it still is up to me to take it. There is more to it than that but I find that I like first principles. Thank you!

[jacobthomas]

Owning a gun is a right, (and a personal freedom). Hillary's position on that scale must be very incorrect.

[FrankWhite]

I learn more from these vids than I did in college... real talk...

[eddiesal]

what Conservative is demanding "mandatory" prayer in school?

[TehGodLord]

I'm voting for George washington!

[MisterSandman]

Americans have backwards terms. Australia uses the terms correct. Liberal conservative party vs the socialist socially backwards party.

[AntonyDavies]

I'm glad the video helped. The diagram I'm showing isn't my creation. It is called a Nolan chart. If you google it, you'll find short quizzes that ask you questions about specific issues that relate to freedom and then show where you fall on the Nolan chart.

[RougeSamurai]

@residentzombie What does that have to do with mandatory prayer?

[alexd]

I don't think that liberals want to prohibit prayer in school, they just don't want the prayer imposed in school, HUGE difference. Otherwise, it seems to me that liberals want as much freedom in life as possible, while considering economy liberty not as much important, just technicalities, mainly probably because things like taxes and minimum wage are not perceived as immoral (I used to be like that, I ended up libertarian). So, freedom of being gay, hooker, drinker, smoker (of anything) are very obvious liberties for a liberal, but a social conservative just doesn't care about them, they just want other people to follow their "morals" and they seem happy, in general, when sinners go to jail for smoking the wrong plant or being ostracized because they don't go to Church. To me, a working class liberal is a person that needs one last deep debate to become libertarian.

[AntonioCostaAmaral]

Bom vid - mas onde está o link para o original?

[dowskivisionmagicaloracle]

"issues" a.k.a elite-manufactured distractions

[manor]

"The wrong place to start is the effect of policies on people. The right place to start is at the first principles. Do we or do we not have right to property and life?" love this quote!

[tldr]

Universal healthcare is not "requiring everyone to have healthcare". It's universal, so it's just kind there if you want it. It's not like Obama care where you are fined or whatever if you don't have healthcare. Obama Care is just forced private healthcare, not universal healthcare in the traditional sense. I feel like these arguments are constrained to American politics, which is a problem sine American politics are mainly right wing. Even the "left" if right wing. Anyone centrist and beyond is considered a commie. This "Learn Liberty" is just American Libertarian ego-strocking. Not only that, but they have managed to totally skew the political spectrum with what Orwell (ironically loved by the American right-wing, despite being a socialist) would call double speak.

[AntonyDavies]

It does. Violating assumptions doesn't cause the economic principle to be void. It just introduces some noise. It's like violating the assumption of a frictionless surface in physics. Introducing friction doesn't make gravity change directions. It just makes the analysis a lot more complicated in exchange for a little more realism.

[alienzenx]

only a libertarian could come up with the minimum wage and universal healthcare as "less economic freedom". I want him to draw graphs on his whiteboard to show me how black is white.

[Spudstr]

I disagree with the conclusion that we must think not in "issues" but in "first principles."

We like to follow ideological divides because it allows us to avoid acknowledging that the world is complex and not easily explained. Nuance is the least comforting, but best approach to dealing with the world around us.

Just think: Our existence in this universe is completely inconsequential. The political divides we've created for ourselves comes from a fixation on our imagined self importance.

[RougeSamurai]

@yuothineyesasian What does that have to do with forcing people to pray?