5996 The Philosophy of Forgiveness! Twitter/X Space
Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux
Stefan Molyneux
4.6 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2025
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
This lecture examines the complexities of forgiveness, arguing that it should be earned rather than given freely. Stefan Molyneux discusses the risks of unearned forgiveness, illustrating how it can lead to a lack of accountability and perpetuate harmful behaviors. He critiques societal pressures to forgive for personal peace and highlights the importance of genuine restitution, which involves acknowledgment of wrongdoing and corrective actions. The lecture further explores the implications of forgiveness in relationships, the nature of apologies, and the need for moral responsibility across generations. Through audience interactions, Molyneux emphasizes the importance of navigating forgiveness with ethical integrity and mutual respect, ultimately urging listeners to reconsider their understanding of forgiveness as a process grounded in moral accountability rather than emotional obligation.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All right, one o'clock. |
| 0:01.2 | Hey, hey, hey, hey, everybody. |
| 0:04.1 | Hope you're doing well, Steve and Molline you from Freedom, |
| 0:05.8 | Freedom is the main thing. |
| 0:08.5 | Freedom should be your domain. |
| 0:10.1 | And I hope you're having a wonderful day. |
| 0:11.8 | We are here to talk about a much misunderstood topic, |
| 0:16.3 | that namely being forgiveness. |
| 0:21.0 | And there is a curse in the mind of man |
| 0:24.1 | that forgiveness is something that you selfishly provide to someone |
| 0:29.1 | whether they earn it or not so that you can be released |
| 0:31.6 | from the pain of discontent. |
| 0:34.8 | And forgiveness, like all values, like all virtues, must be earned, like abs. |
| 0:40.6 | Forgiveness must be earned. It must be. All corruption, all evil, arises out of a desire, |
| 0:49.3 | a thirst for the unearned. A rapist wants sexual activity that he does not earn, therefore he rapes. |
| 0:58.0 | A thief wants a good or a service he has not earned, so he steals or defrauds. |
| 1:04.8 | A violent man wishes a dominance that he cannot achieve intellectually or morally, |
| 1:09.6 | therefore he beats someone bloody to assert dominance. It is a desire for the unearned that drives almost all corruption. |
| 1:16.5 | And one of the most subtle forms of corruption is people who tell you, well, you have to forgive |
| 1:20.8 | those who've wronged you. You have, regardless of whether they apologize, regardless of whether |
| 1:25.4 | they make restitution, regardless of whether they enter into a covenant to not wrong you again. It is something you will and push out |
| 1:34.8 | from yourself, regardless of the virtue or vices of another, that is corrupt beyond words. |
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