Mark Hopwood
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1,269 appearances
31 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2009
last heard Sep 2014
Mark Hopwood’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Acting together is acting with a common purpose.
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It's a purpose that we all have together as a group.
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That seems like a substantial thing to say.
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And I'm Mark Hopwood.
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So that's very helpful.
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So from what you've said, there are a couple of reasons why one might think that liberalism is a really hard thing to bring under criticism.
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So one reason is, as you've said, it's a very large and varied concept.
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It's not even clear whether it's one concept at all.
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It's a moving target, precisely.
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And the second reason is that, in a sense, you might say we're all liberals now or something of that nature.
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It's very difficult to find someone who defines their political project in a way that doesn't include at least some liberal features.
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And you might think that part of that is surely that these notions connected with liberalism have a certain appeal.
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The idea of freedom.
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We're all in favor of freedom.
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The idea of toleration.
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We think that's pretty good.
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The idea of defending the rights of the individual.
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Many of these concepts, perhaps this is because of the historical moment we find ourselves in, are really difficult to think yourself outside of.
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So maybe we could go a little bit deeper into these criticisms that you want to make.
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So this idea of consensus, it seems like a pretty reasonable thing to say that society should be run rather than, say, according to the whims or according to the views of a small subset of people, should be run according to a kind of consensus that's formed amongst all people.
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