Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux 6116 EVEN MORE ANSWERS TO ‘X’ LISTENER QUESTIONS 11!
Sep 30, 2025
54:00
"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?"
"Do objects in the natural world have an essential quality or are their attributes constructed in the effort to make sense?"
"You mentioned on recent episode how no prior philosopher discussed childhood, parenting and childhood trauma and thats what prompted your book 'peaceful parenting'
"Why do you think it’s the case?"
"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?"
"You said: 'It is my firm belief that illness often follows a lengthy period of feeling useless.
"Having a purpose – especially a moral purpose – keeps you healthy.'
"Can you explain the physiology behind that first statement? I mostly agree with the second."
"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?"
"Could exile be a legitimate non-violent extension of shunning when an individual persistently breaks the social contract?"
"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."
"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."
"Do you have any thoughts on Taoism?"
"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.
"I went on to graduate, got a great job and proved to everybody (as if that matters) that I was a success regardless of being raised in the underworld.
"Fast forward to turning 30, biological clock, FOMO, all my friends having babies. I married the next guy that seemed to have it all together and I ended up a single mom of 2 for the next 14 years.
"All this sounds so degenerate that it’s hard to admit. But I’m married to a “good” man now that my kids love and I think it’s been good for them to have a 'dad' finally, even though I did everything wrong.
"My philosophical question is, after making so many mistakes, can I be useful now to help others not make the same mistakes or should I just shut up forever?"
"If God warns us not to do something, but gave us free-will to disobey - was it always his plan for Man to dissent?"
"Are hedonistic people truly happy? Or is the happiness they seem to feel just an illusion?"
"How do you get a philosophy graduate off your porch?
"Thank him for the pizza..."
"If the Communist Control Act of 1954 (50 U.S.C. §§ 841–844) declares that communism is both a political conspiracy and a 'clear and present danger,' then where does the line fall between protecting liberty and destroying it in the name of protection?"
"Why does the education system persist despite how fast everyone outside of it is learning things?"
"The epigenetic question.... Does the experience of past Generations translate into the lived experience"
"If energy is the foundation of all reality (if you look deep enough all matter can be expressed as energy), and energy is a quasi-metaphysical concept that operates within physical contextual framing and parameters, does that imply that energy is a metaphysical concept, and thus all of physical reality is a branch of metaphysics?"
"Does intrinsic - objective - value exist?"
"If it can be proven that we live in a simulation, how should we act?"
"Tangential to recent discussions, how about a classic: What is justice? What is revenge?"
"I'm stuck on the fact that there is no evidence of god/gods, but the idea that at some point, matter just came into existence out of nothing is also equally unbelievable for me."
"Is man inherently evil? How is a society kept together without absolute chaos if man is inherently evil? Is it a knowledge of a base morality within us as human beings? How do we know good from evil?"
"What are your thoughts on music & it’s effects, does it have an effect? For instance listening to classical music vs hip hop music."
"My wife sets the tone in our relationship, as she clearly won't adjust her behavior. Should I let her set the tone and follow suit, so to speak? Could you elaborate on the credo that 'you treat them as they treat you'? Does this apply to my wife?"
"How do you strike a balance between accepting others imperfections vs holding others to a certain standard in business and or personal relationships"
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"Do objects in the natural world have an essential quality or are their attributes constructed in the effort to make sense?"
"You mentioned on recent episode how no prior philosopher discussed childhood, parenting and childhood trauma and thats what prompted your book 'peaceful parenting'
"Why do you think it’s the case?"
"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?"
"You said: 'It is my firm belief that illness often follows a lengthy period of feeling useless.
"Having a purpose – especially a moral purpose – keeps you healthy.'
"Can you explain the physiology behind that first statement? I mostly agree with the second."
"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?"
"Could exile be a legitimate non-violent extension of shunning when an individual persistently breaks the social contract?"
"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."
"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."
"Do you have any thoughts on Taoism?"
"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.
"I went on to graduate, got a great job and proved to everybody (as if that matters) that I was a success regardless of being raised in the underworld.
"Fast forward to turning 30, biological clock, FOMO, all my friends having babies. I married the next guy that seemed to have it all together and I ended up a single mom of 2 for the next 14 years.
"All this sounds so degenerate that it’s hard to admit. But I’m married to a “good” man now that my kids love and I think it’s been good for them to have a 'dad' finally, even though I did everything wrong.
"My philosophical question is, after making so many mistakes, can I be useful now to help others not make the same mistakes or should I just shut up forever?"
"If God warns us not to do something, but gave us free-will to disobey - was it always his plan for Man to dissent?"
"Are hedonistic people truly happy? Or is the happiness they seem to feel just an illusion?"
"How do you get a philosophy graduate off your porch?
"Thank him for the pizza..."
"If the Communist Control Act of 1954 (50 U.S.C. §§ 841–844) declares that communism is both a political conspiracy and a 'clear and present danger,' then where does the line fall between protecting liberty and destroying it in the name of protection?"
"Why does the education system persist despite how fast everyone outside of it is learning things?"
"The epigenetic question.... Does the experience of past Generations translate into the lived experience"
"If energy is the foundation of all reality (if you look deep enough all matter can be expressed as energy), and energy is a quasi-metaphysical concept that operates within physical contextual framing and parameters, does that imply that energy is a metaphysical concept, and thus all of physical reality is a branch of metaphysics?"
"Does intrinsic - objective - value exist?"
"If it can be proven that we live in a simulation, how should we act?"
"Tangential to recent discussions, how about a classic: What is justice? What is revenge?"
"I'm stuck on the fact that there is no evidence of god/gods, but the idea that at some point, matter just came into existence out of nothing is also equally unbelievable for me."
"Is man inherently evil? How is a society kept together without absolute chaos if man is inherently evil? Is it a knowledge of a base morality within us as human beings? How do we know good from evil?"
"What are your thoughts on music & it’s effects, does it have an effect? For instance listening to classical music vs hip hop music."
"My wife sets the tone in our relationship, as she clearly won't adjust her behavior. Should I let her set the tone and follow suit, so to speak? Could you elaborate on the credo that 'you treat them as they treat you'? Does this apply to my wife?"
"How do you strike a balance between accepting others imperfections vs holding others to a certain standard in business and or personal relationships"
SUBSCRIBE TO ME ON X! https://x.com/StefanMolyneux
Follow me on Youtube! https://www.youtube.com/@freedomain1
GET MY NEW BOOK 'PEACEFUL PARENTING', THE INTERACTIVE PEACEFUL PARENTING AI, AND THE FULL AUDIOBOOK!
https://peacefulparenting.com/
Join the PREMIUM philosophy community on the web for free!
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!
You also receive private livestreams, HUNDREDS of exclusive premium shows, early release podcasts, the 22 Part History of Philosophers series and much more!
See you soon!
https://freedomain.locals.com/support/promo/UPB2025