On Sunday’s episode of Philosophy in Action Radio, Greg Perkins and I answered questions on net neutrality and more. The podcast of that episode is now available for streaming or downloading.
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Whole Podcast: 7 September 2014
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- Duration: 1:03:46
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Podcast Segments: 7 September 2014
You can download or listen to my answers to individual questions from this episode below.
Introduction
My News of the Week: I’ve been working on the update to Ari Armstrong’s and my paper on abortion rights.
Question 1: Net Neutrality
Question: Should “net neutrality” be law? Lately, many people on the left have been advocating for “net neutrality.” What is it? What would its effects be? What are the arguments for and against it? If it shouldn’t be law, might private “net neutrality” be a good thing?My Answer, In Brief: While the concerns motivating calls for net neutrality are often very real, the diagnosis of the problem and the proposed solution is deeply misguided. A freer internet requires less government regulation, not more.
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- Start Time: 3:55
- Duration: 47:21
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- Tags: Business, Egalitarianism, Fraud, Government, Internet, Law, Politics, Progressivism, Property Rights, Rights, Technology
Links:
- Wikipedia: Net Neutrality
- Wired: What Everyone Gets Wrong in the Debate Over Net Neutrality
- How to Save the Internet
- Philosophy in Action: Robert Garmong on Censorship in China
- Philosophy in Action: Trey Peden on Online Marketing and Privacy
- Verizon caught throttling Netflix traffic even after its pays for more bandwidth
To comment on this question or my answer, visit its comment thread.
Rapid Fire Questions
Questions:
- Why has the Tea Party movement not gone global in the same way as the Occupy movement?
- Does Ayn Rand indicate in Atlas Shrugged whether Dagny is morally wrong for having an affair with Hank Rearden? What do you think?
- Since human understanding is limited, mustn’t there be some things which will always be beyond human understanding?
- Ayn Rand called charity a ‘minor virtue.’ Do you think she was right, or would you class it as a moral amplifier?
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- Start Time: 51:17
- Duration: 10:23
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To comment on these questions or my answers, visit its comment thread.
Conclusion
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