5622 The Root of All Conflict!

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Stefan Molyneux

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🗓️ 2 September 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

This lecture examines conflict resolution, asserting that most disputes arise from deception and miscommunication. The speaker emphasizes that honesty is essential for resolving conflicts, highlighting how personal relationships often suffer due to superficial connections. Real-life examples illustrate the consequences of false premises, such as misunderstandings leading to blame and dissatisfaction. The discussion critiques societal norms around love and commitment, advocating for authenticity and virtue as foundational to genuine relationships. The lecture concludes with a call for courageous conversations about truthfulness to foster authentic love and trust.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's Steph. I just wanted to give you a couple of more conflict resolution tips,
0:06.0	because you know everybody knows how fantastic I am at conflict resolution. I mean, whoever gets upset with me?
0:11.0	Never happens.
0:12.0	It's possible.
0:13.0	So, really, relationship negotiation, conflict resolution,
0:20.0	is a commitment to tell the truth.
0:22.5	All conflict is based on falsehood.
0:26.5	And if you tell the truth, then conflict generally evaporates.
0:33.2	So if you have that as a principle in your life,
0:36.0	all conflict is founded on falsehood.
0:40.0	I mean, if you look at religious conflicts,
0:42.0	right, that's because they're not using philosophy to determine the truth.
0:46.0	All conflict is based on falsehood.
0:48.0	If you look at cultural hostilities.
0:53.0	Well, you see this among religions and ethnicities and countries and so on,
1:00.0	but you don't see that in mathematics, in logic, in science,
1:03.6	because they have a methodology for resolving disagreements
1:08.1	that is objective.
1:09.6	And so if you understand that when you see a conflict, then you are seeing two people who are
1:17.8	lying.
1:18.8	And I know this sounds harsh, but you're seeing two people who are lying.
1:23.7	We can think of extreme cases where one person is genuinely the victim and the other person is
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