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Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux

5687 To Hell With Consequentialism!

Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux

Stefan Molyneux

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4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we discuss the importance of defining terms in debates to avoid disagreements and promote productive discussions. We delve into the debate between principles and consequentialism, explore varying viewpoints on equality, and address the impact of educational opportunities on small towns. We also examine arguments surrounding the welfare state, emphasize the significance of logical consistency, and emphasize the role of defining terms and logical reasoning in productive discussions.

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0:00.0

Well, all righty, good morning everybody.

0:02.8

Hope you're doing well.

0:04.0

Having an interesting back and forth, free domain. Locals.

0:08.0

I hope you would join the community.

0:10.0

Having an interesting back and forth regarding the nature of principles.

0:13.8

Ooh the good stuff, all the good juicy moral stuff.

0:20.1

And he writes, Manuel writes, the nature of principles, after debating

0:23.7

Stefan and some from this community about what consequentialism actually is, I

0:27.1

got the impression that there's a big misconception about what principles actually are.

0:31.9

So let's go through the logic. about what

0:35.0

principles actually are.

0:36.0

I'm annoyed at the beginning.

0:38.0

That doesn't mean anything.

0:39.0

I'm just telling you what my emotional experience

0:41.0

this doesn't mean you're objectively annoying or anything like that.

0:43.9

But I'm annoyed at this beginning because if you want to debate consequentialism, this is sort of my

0:50.5

feeling around it, if you want to debate consequentialism, fantastic. But if you want to

0:56.1

debate consequentialism and you haven't got agreement on what consequentialism is, that's

1:02.2

kind of on you.

1:04.0

Right, so if you know anything about debate,

1:06.6

what you need to do is get agreement

1:08.8

that everyone's using the same terms to mean the same thing.

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