6197 UPB Versus Evil!

Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux

Stefan Molyneux

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🗓️ 25 November 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Philosopher Stefan Molyneux provides a philosophical exploration of morality, centering on the concept of universally preferable behavior (UPB) and its role in defining moral actions. He examines the immorality of actions such as theft and assault, arguing that they violate UPB's principles. Through a logical framework, the discussion distinguishes between moral and immoral actions, asserting that any action failing to be universally preferable cannot be deemed moral.

Stefan highlights the asymmetry of force initiation, underscoring that coercion inherently contradicts moral behavior. The implications of advocating flawed moral theories are also explored, illustrating how these theories can lead to destructive real-world consequences. He emphasizes the importance of logical coherence in ethical theories and warns against self-contradictory moral claims, concluding that adherence to UPB is essential for a just society.

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0:00.0	Question, you provide a definition of morality theft that equates to universalizable
0:04.4	behavior and then state that things that can't be universalizable theft are immoral.
0:10.9	But why?
0:12.1	They are inconsistent, sure, but how are you proving that they are immoral?
0:18.3	It's a fine question, and I appreciate the pushback, and I love, love, love, being able to
0:28.0	sharpen the blades of my thought on the wet stone of disagreement.
0:36.7	So I appreciate that, and let us see what we can do with this fine, deep,
0:44.1	and juicy question. All right, it's not like I'm stalling, but I'm not doing the opposite
0:48.4	of stalling. All right. So let us take this one on. All right. So, let us take this one on.
0:56.7	All right.
0:57.7	So the question, let me sort of rephrase the question, make sure it makes sense to everyone.
1:02.6	So I have proven that rape, theft, assault, and murder can never be universally preferable behavior.
1:08.7	So any theory that says rape, theft, assault, and murder are
1:12.3	universally preferable behavior, is false. It's not even a little bit false. It's not even false
1:18.0	if you take certain things into account. It is false by definition. It is false without any
1:24.6	reference to anything external. Right. So internal inconsistency is the best way
1:30.6	of disproving a theory. Right. So if you have a theory that Aristotle said such and such,
1:35.7	then you need to go and look up what Aristotle said in order to determine if Aristotle did in fact
1:41.1	say such and such, right? So if you want to know what the capital of Georgia is,
1:46.9	well, first of all, you have to say the state or the country,
1:49.1	you have to nail that down,
1:50.8	that you have to sing a few bars of Georgia on my mind,
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