{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Reformed Libertarians Podcast","title":"Ep. 23: Calvin, Thomism, and Natural Law Libertarianism, with Jonathan McIntosh","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/0378026e\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3738,"description":"An interview with Dr. Jonathan McIntosh on several of his presentations at The George Buchanan Forum. We discuss errors in Calvin’s view of civil government, and we mention the God-ordained check on abuse and tyranny. We then discuss McIntosh’s outline of a classical or Thomistic natural law tradition approach to libertarianism, and his critique of the Aristotelian-Thomist view of politics. We also discuss the neglected figurative or typological character of old covenant civil law by scholastic thinkers. We conclude with information about The George Buchanan Forum and other articles from McIntosh.\nhttps://reformedlibertarians.com/023\nMain Points of Discussion\n00:00 Introduction\n00:32 Episode description\n01:30 Guest intro and background\n10:11 Errors of Calvin’s view of civil government\n15:21 Value in such critique and why Calvin’s erroneous view is popular\n19:53 Comments on Reformers vs Calvin and obsta principiis\n\n23:03 Natural Law Libertarianism\n31:59 Moral realism, harm, and double effect\n39:32 Errors of a Thomist view of politics\n43:56 Neglected “figurative” or typological character of Mosaic civil law in a scholastic view\n51:18 Respective specifications of moral and civil law\n56:00 Errors of an establishmentarian view\n1:00:21 The George Buchanan forum\nAdditional Resources:\nLinks for Dr. Jonathan McIntosh\n- on fb: https://facebook.com/jonathan.mcintosh.161\n- on x: https://x.com/DrJMcIntosh\n- blog: https://jonathansmcintosh.wordpress.com\n- other blog: https://naturallawlibertarian.wordpress.com\n- His book The Flame Imperishable: Tolkien, St. Thomas, and the Metaphysics of Faerie:\nhttps://amazon.com/dp/1621383156\n- articles:\n  \"Theonomy, General Equity, and Libertarianism\"\nhttps://reformedlibertarians.com/theonomy-general-equity-and-libertarianism-by-jonathan-mcintosh/\n  “Aquinas and Libertarianism: Coercion and the Common Good in the Summa’s Definition of Law”\nhttps://www.marketsandmorality.com/index.php/mandm/article/view/1587\n  “The Libertarian Aquinas”...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/_ffQojCKkfVxhZ9aBJTTn0-xS1eU1nXEHMhYA1yDuC0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ4NzE1LzE3MDUz/MzM2MzItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}