The "What is Money?" Show The Perfection of Freedom: Marriage and Private Property with D.C. Schindler (WiM465)
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May 2, 2024 
Author and faculty member D.C. Schindler discusses the nature of freedom, power, and the purpose of money. They explore the dual nature of money as a physical commodity and a socially constructed entity, the significance of private property in achieving ordered liberty, and the importance of goodness in business cultures. Schindler also examines how limitations can enhance freedom, the relationship between discipline and freedom, and the idea of marriage as the perfection of freedom.
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True Freedom Means Participating in Goodness
- Freedom is true participation in what is good, not mere power or option multiplication.
- Defining freedom purely as possibility leads to nihilism and a void of purposeless power.
Ancient vs Modern Goodness
- Ancient goodness meant virtue and desirability linked to excellence and participation.
- Modern goodness fragments this by seeing desire as selfish and virtue as mere power over self.
God as Power Undermines Intelligibility
- Viewing God as absolute power leads to viewing the world as arbitrary and unintelligible.
- The shift from God as good to God as power undermines intelligibility and reason.