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Question 1: [2:10] - Can you provide me some clarification regarding Universally Preferable Behavior (UPB) and tell me why people have such a hostile reaction to the idea of universal secular ethics?

Question 2: [56:29] - I've listened to the Gene Wars series on r/K reproduction strategies, and I'm a bit puzzled about one of the repeated characterizations of K-strategy: noting that ancient China was unchanged for centuries. Since K-strategists are supposed to embrace competition and free markets, which are extremely unstable - how does one reconcile these positions?

Question 3: {1:22:05] - I have some criticism of your coverage of the police violence stories, especially with regard to the poor black community. Your stories were well researched and quite accurate, but, as a black person, I thought your focus seemed biased. Both the police/government and the poor black community are in the "matrix", but your focus tended toward hold blacks to a higher standard, while speculating and reasoning out rational justifications for the police.

Call 1: Do you think we contribute or are complicit in violence or the initiation of force when we consume media with violent content - such as i.e. watching an episode of Netflix Daredevil or a similar show which is itself incredibly violent?

Call 2: For an atheist you use a lot of religious phrases and allusions: i.e. "wages of sin are death", "let he who is without sin cast the first stone", "original sin" itself, etc. Can you make the descriptions and arguments for Universally Preferable Behavior and the Non-Aggression Principle without using the religious terms and references?

Call 3: An really inspiring update from the caller on ‘Surviving The Horrific Violence In South Africa’ video and the July 26th, 2015 show about how his life has changed since appearing on the show.

A brief introduction to reality using a rational methodology. How does one use sense data to conceptualize reality? How is reason derived from evidence? What are concepts and how can we understand them? How do we understand ethics and morality? How does this apply to the world and culture?

Question 1: Is Non-Violent Communication Universally Preferable Behavior? | Question 2: I am feeling stuck. It’s been about two years since my significant other left. We have two children, one who is an adult and on her own and one who lives with me. After finding you, I began to peaceful parent for the last year and a half. The problem I am having is determining what to do when my needs and my child’s needs are in conflict. I am trying to heal myself and prevent as much damage as I can to my child. How do I determine when the benefit of my long term well-being overrides her short term needs for her long term benefits?

Question 1: What are the ethical and moral limitations of editing the human genome? Includes an impromptu minarchism vs. anarchism discussion. | Question 2: Universally Preferable Behaviour (UPB) Debate! | Question 3: What’s the best way of dealing with people who are being annoying? | Question 4: What are some good ways to spot a sociopath? Includes a lengthy back and forth conversation about warning signs and red flags to keep in mind. If you can think of more, please do email them to operations@freedomainradio.com and we’ll put together a massive list!

Will further knowledge of the brain reveal consciousness and free will and morality to be superstitions? Will greater medical and scientific advancement reveal determinism to be true and the existence of free will and morality to be completely irrational?

Is it possible to simplify the argument for universal ethics? Do most parents really love and care about their children like they say? If so, how can 80%-90% of them reconcile hitting them? Does Objectivism - as formulated by Rand and Branden - tend to over-inflate the human ego in an unhealthy way? Is the Objectivist view of self-esteem unhealthy and absolutistic? Why are 18th and 19th century writers like Nietzsche and Schopenhauer considered philosophers since their claims aren’t falsifiable?

What happened when Miss Universe was asked - what can women learn from men? How many kids is too many? How long can a family reasonably home school? Regarding balancing children and career advancement - is it worth working 50 hour weeks given the lost time with children? When we say "to not murder" is Universally Preferable Behavior, do we imply the following “If you want to be virtuous, you should not murder"? Do you think there is a 'war' on white people? What would narrative stories look like in a free and peaceful society?

Can Universally Preferable Behavior (UPB) be used without a legitimate theory of property rights? Are property rights enough to determine if an action is unethical? After the recent terror attacks in Paris, France - will it be possible to finally have an honest conversation about multiculturalism? There has been a call to "Unify the Republic" against terrorism at all costs - but due to the emotional sensitivity of this question - will the challenges of multiculturalism go unspoken?

I work in a Chinese school that still uses punishment – is it peaceful enough? Do you consider Nietzsche to be an Authoritarian? In reading Universally Preferable Behavior (UPB), I noticed that it did not include a proof for moral consideration, or how to identify whether or not something is a factor in the realm of morality. A rock has no moral consideration, but a person typically does - where exactly is the line drawn? Includes: why compliance works, surviving to replicate, not everybody is looking to grow, living a life without boundaries, the hipster enthusiasm back hole, loathing culture, lies reinforced by time, the origin of consumerism is the lack of a parental bond, opposing third wave feminism, the consequences of anti-male propaganda, working parents have a long distance relationship with their children, subjective morality and a fantastic exploration of ethics.

Is inaction by its nature morally neutral? How does one become motivated? I cheated on my wife for 8 years - is it possible to salvage our relationship given our long history of dysfunction? I'm striving for a virtuous relationship but I'm having trouble insofar as I tend to choose people who seem honest, but still give me some red flags. How much should I invest in these people?

The continuation of the previous Saturdays “vulnerability as a strength” conversation, answering – how to find a quality romantic relationship partner? What is the difference between a deterministic and a non-deterministic universe? How do we determine the categories in which moral theories apply? What kind of role do attorneys play in both today’s society and how will that change in the future?

Includes: penis shrapnel, welfare as insurance for assholes, the value of MGTOW, female monetary entitlement, Stefan running for public office, dark matter, philosophy as the ultimate deferral of gratification, philosophy vs. stupid human tricks, heroes as distractions, can animals conceptualize, behavioral conditioning, the reality of addiction, the billion dollar question and the horrors of the modern legal system.

Overcoming feelings of loneliness, non-existence around narcissists, cynicism is the scar-tissue of cowardice, the science of happiness, the morality of murder and theft, universal ethics, moving past guilt without the possibility of restitution, escaping a decade long drug-addiction, swinging between over-confidence and under-confidence in work and relationships, male biology as a penis replication machine, avoiding estrogen based parasites and the glory of skepticism.

You're too sensitive, the fear of leaving home, escaping poverty through hard work, preference is murder, don't enable helplessness, Universally Preferably Behavior explained, my girlfriend is too attractive, egg-digging men, buying time between the sheets in relationships and the ethics of calling the police.

Clear ethics require action, the end of flagpole scenarios, nonexistent parental bonds, universally preferable behavior, defining self-ownership and avoiding responsibility through bad philosophy.

Stefan Molyneux, host of Freedomain Radio, answers listener questions including: changed viewpoints, the morality of murder, funding prisons without coercion, what is real, god as enslavement, self-defense, public exhibitionism and is the universe god?

Stefan Molyneux, host of Freedomain Radio, discusses common law clarification, resistance to therapy, training for adulthood, teaching UPB to children, showing your light to the world and personal competing currencies.

Stefan Molyneux, host of Freedomain Radio, answers listener questions on the weekly Sunday philosophy call in show. Topics include: Liberty Inspiration Award, 33 years old, Never Kissed a Girl, Leaving the Army and Spanking behind, Collectivism Versus UPB and Why Men Don't Want to Get Married.

Stefan Molyneux, host of Freedomain Radio, describes the philosophical basis for rational ethics, with reference to his free book Universally Preferable Behaviour: a Rational Proof of Secular Ethics.

Stefan Molyneux, host of Freedomain Radio, describes the philosophical basis for rational ethics, with reference to his free book Universally Preferable Behaviour: a Rational Proof of Secular Ethics