{"id":4761,"date":"2015-05-21T19:52:30","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T23:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?p=4761"},"modified":"2016-10-02T17:32:46","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T21:32:46","slug":"401-guest-william-gairdner-author-of-the-great-divide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/4761","title":{"rendered":"401 &#8211; Guest: William Gairdner &#8211; Author of The Great Divide"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3177\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4761-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20150521-justRIGHT-401-GUEST-BillGairdner-theGREATdivide.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20150521-justRIGHT-401-GUEST-BillGairdner-theGREATdivide.mp3\">\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20150521-justRIGHT-401-GUEST-BillGairdner-theGREATdivide.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20150521-justRIGHT-401-GUEST-BillGairdner-theGREATdivide.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=4761-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20150521-justRIGHT-401-GUEST-BillGairdner-theGREATdivide.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20150521-justRIGHT-401-GUEST-BillGairdner-theGREATdivide.mp3\">Download<\/a> (66.3MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('4761-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_4761-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_4761-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?powerpress_embed=4761-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4762\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/401_William_Gairdner-168x100.jpg\" alt=\"William Gairdner\" width=\"168\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topics<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>00:07 The Great Divide:<\/strong> clash between ideological forces, what&#8217;s beneath the surface, why liberals and conservatives will never agree, ideas vs politics, modern liberals vs classic liberalism, human nature, change agents, perfection, party politics, virtue liberals, individualism, equality liberals, from liberty to equality, sexual freedom, libertarian socialism<br \/>\n<strong>18:55 Feeling blue about red:<\/strong> theory vs practice, Liberal and Conservative contradictions, prostitution politics, politician vs statesman, more democracy but less freedom, concept of the self, self discipline vs self gratification, self-esteem, duty, we world vs me world, choice vs the common good, pornography, freedom not a good in itself<br \/>\n<strong>31:00 The great deviation:<\/strong> freedom as a guarantee of rights, freedom vs choice, the six freedoms, social beings, freedom as power, tyranny and democracy go hand-in-hand, the great deviation, society&#8217;s rights vs individual rights, libertarian position, the harm principle, individualism and the non-aggression principle, duties and obligations, conceptions of democracy, society and the next generations, rights &#8211; objective and subjective<br \/>\n<strong>44:45 Conceit in the moral arena:<\/strong> freedom guaranteed by restraint, libertarian conservatives, social conservatives, fiscal conservative, individual vs social freedom, views on morality, morality as a language, principles and facts before debate, an increasingly closed society, eternal discussion and debate, Canada-US divide, Obama is America&#8217;s Trudeau, conceits<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20150521-justRIGHT-401-GUEST-BillGairdner-theGREATdivide.mp3\"><\/a> <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/401-clips-credits\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/images\/buttons\/clips_and_credits.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3179\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4761-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20150521-justRIGHT-401-GUEST-BillGairdner-theGREATdivide.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20150521-justRIGHT-401-GUEST-BillGairdner-theGREATdivide.mp3\">\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20150521-justRIGHT-401-GUEST-BillGairdner-theGREATdivide.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20150521-justRIGHT-401-GUEST-BillGairdner-theGREATdivide.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=4761-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20150521-justRIGHT-401-GUEST-BillGairdner-theGREATdivide.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20150521-justRIGHT-401-GUEST-BillGairdner-theGREATdivide.mp3\">Download<\/a> (66.3MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('4761-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_4761-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_4761-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; 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