Our sole duty
Our sole duty is to feel the inklings of intoxication with power coming on and then eschew it.
Stefan Molyneux's 'Universally Preferable Behavior': A Critique
Stefan Molyneux's 'Universally Preferable Behaviour': A Critique 'Universally preferable behaviour', or UPB, is the moral theory of the prominent contemporary philosopher Stefan Molyneux . The book which explains it is available for free here on Mr. Molyneux's website: Freedomain Radio – Free Books https://freedomainradio.com/free/ It sets out to provide an objective, rational foundation for many of our common moral valuations, as well as clarifying them and providing guidance regarding more controversial moral and political issues. In this essay, I attempt to evaluate some of its chief arguments. I shall pass over the introduction, which is mainly about explaining the need for such a foundational moral theory based upon objective reality, which is all quite sound and I do not disagree with, and head straight for the core of the 'proof' for the new theory herein revealed. Stefan's first argument for UPB is that 'if there is no such ...
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