"Why do you tend to focus on ethical questions? The answer is always ultimately God, which philosophy argues is an appeal to authority. If the authority doesn't just have the truth, but is the truth, then what is the issue with appealing to God?"<br /><br /><br />"Do objects in the natural world have an essential quality or are their attributes constructed in the effort to make sense?"<br /><br /><br />"You mentioned on recent episode how no prior philosopher discussed childhood, parenting and childhood trauma and thats what prompted your book 'peaceful parenting'<br />"Why do you think it’s the case?"<br /><br /><br />"Would UPB apply to an alien race of sentient, intelligent beings, or could their evolution have driven them toward a value system that would be completely incompatible with a human value system?"<br /><br /><br />"You said: 'It is my firm belief that illness often follows a lengthy period of feeling useless.<br /><br />"Having a purpose – especially a moral purpose – keeps you healthy.'<br /><br />"Can you explain the physiology behind that first statement? I mostly agree with the second."<br /><br /><br />"Ultimately the left/right divide is equality vs freedom. Both are necessary for a society to function. What would be the best form of government to enact a sensible balance between the two?"<br /><br /><br />"Could exile be a legitimate non-violent extension of shunning when an individual persistently breaks the social contract?"<br /><br /><br />"A proposition: Hard determinism is true, our belief in agency is the veil that separates from a non-dual, “enlightened” understanding and perception of reality."<br /><br /><br />"Ideas of the supernatural rule out the possibility of materialism since they 1) should be inexplicable in observed nature 2) are irreducible in quality and 3) cannot be created ex nihilo. Either we experienced the supernatural or our mind is part immaterial."<br /><br /><br />"Do you have any thoughts on Taoism?"<br /><br /><br />"I was pushed into marriage at 18 by the Baptist couple that 'adopted' me in high school. They were so afraid I’d embarrass them by having premarital sex or something, but they also wanted me to be college educated before having kids. We didn’t make it through college together and I was divorced and devastated at 21 and they 'disowned' me. <br /><br />"I went on to graduate, got a great ...<br /><br />SUBSCRIBE TO ME ON X! https://x.com/StefanMolyneux<br /><br />Follow me on Youtube! https://www.youtube.com/@freedomain1<br /><br />GET MY NEW BOOK 'PEACEFUL PARENTING', THE INTERACTIVE PEACEFUL PARENTING AI, AND THE FULL AUDIOBOOK!<br />https://peacefulparenting.com/<br /><br />Join the PREMIUM philosophy community on the web for free!<br /><br />Subscribers get 12 HOURS on the "Truth About the French Revolution," multiple interactive multi-lingual philosophy AIs trained on thousands of hours of my material - as well as AIs for Real-Time Relationships, Bitcoin, Peaceful Parenting, and Call-In Shows!<br /><br />You also receive private livestreams, HUNDREDS of exclusive premium shows, early release podcasts, the 22 Part History of Philosophers series and much more!<br /><br />See you soon!<br />https://freedomain.locals.com/support/promo/UPB202
