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Stefan Molyneux

The logic of personal, philosophical and political freedom

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A skeptic hands me a dream to analyze...

Will moral philosophy make you happy? Should it even try?

Tales from the pens of the owned

We will not find freedom by imagining that we were once free...

We will not find freedom by imagining that we were once free...

A nice short chat about some nice dark topics...

Thoughts on the ethics of hanging Hussein

From a speech given in Toronto, 1pm, Nov 4 2006

Can FDR be saved from the random tangents of the Big Chatty Forehead?

Various responses to a passionate online debate - and an implicit apology to Bobby D...

A valiant defender of the argument from morality...

How 3 dreams from a single listener tie together thematically and metaphorically

All the anarchistic philosophy I could stuff into under 40 minutes...

What is to come is exactly what was...

One is the shark, the other the blood, the result a feeding frenzy on your freedoms!

My response to a muffled cry from under a bear...

It's my callin' to stop the maulin' ;)

Can we have life goals without tension? For me, at least, not so far!

Romantic love, wooing potential partners, and hot anarchistic breeding...

Is FDR478 vanity, or truth?

You and the world, in a nutshell

What is the difference between the draft and a 'voluntary' army?

Removing one more unicorn from the annals of biology

Exposing defenses one by one

Exposing defenses one by one

The root of statism is our view of children

The root of statism is our view of children

Sex, lust, religion and murder - the soap opera of freedom!

I take on the Tyranny of Stef

The value of exploring your own capacity for evil

A metaphor for judging personal morality...

Looking back over 25 years... (originally FDR464)

How brave I was when I approved of war...

What will the bloodshed cease? The answer is easy.

Using economics to achieve peace of mind!

Ummm, is that John Kerry creeping up through the waving grass?

The root of condescension from the 'happy' and 'successful'...

Conversations about the future of liberty, and the lizard brain in all of us!

Continuing dispatches from the war on terror

Is anarchy unproven?

A listener's dream of volcanic love...

The purpose of thought is joy...

If you think that anarchy is something to be feared, take a look around...

The longitude and latitude of freedom's capital

A brief history of belief and disbelief continued...

A brief history of belief and disbelief

A cop 'fesses up with potential recruits...

A recruiting colonel comes clean with potential recruits...

Taking pride in being a man!

Aren't men just half-retarded, hyper-aggressive, sex-obsessed brutes? Views from the media.

Finally, some honesty from a politician announcing his candidacy...

A teacher finally tells his students the truth...

A tale of joy and freedom, and shining a light in dark places...

Here's a hint about human corruption - and an invitation for empathy!

A verrry subtle bedtime fairy tale...

The most painful strength in the world... and the state most likely to set you free!

OK, why would I have such animus against these two institutions? The long historical view...

Sooo, you think you know me better than I know myself?

Sometimes, maternal problems run deeper than guilt...

More complaints from Christians...

Some thoughts on the personality - and murder - of Socrates

Some counter-science to the fear-mongers

A listener deals with relationship road rage

A perspective almost designed to offend your inner feminist

Family histories and global warming...

As always, I put it as baldly as possible

Ways to view the virtues of the sons of Abraham

A listener complaint about my anger and my complaint about Christian complaints about evolution...

How to 'control' difficult students the market-anarchist way!

How to put theory into practice, with two examples.

From a listener post - how too many mothers control, their children...

Thanks to a listener for an excellent topic - the genesis and evolution of humiliation

Even more rabid convincing

Rabid convincing

Brothers-in-arms, and the 'false self' of birth order

Rent control and evil road owners

Why the Muslim world is so volatile

Will higher gas prices lead to the development of alternate fuel sources?

One post about reason, one more about emotion...

Sometimes, the prison door was never even locked...

Hopping, crawling and falling toward enlightenment...

Get out of the lifeboat! Detonating the 'gray areas' of morality

Some thoughts I have on the state of our community

The audio track for a youtube.com video - the last in the series!

A pleasant chat that went into overtime!

It's probably not who you think...

The mind that tells the child rules the world

An examination of democracy (video recommended)

An introduction to political theory (video recommended)

The natural consequences of our moral proofs, and a lead-in to politics... (video recommended)

Proofs of our moral theories (video recommended)

Combing over who takes the rap for the hell of the world

Rational ethics - examples...

Are ethics subjective and optional?

A great debate with a scientist/teacher - don't miss this one!

Rational ethics - definitions...

Rational ethics - an introduction...

An examination of one ivy leaguer

Squinting down at the priests

Squinting up at the sky-ghosts

The final logic of a very, very troubling idea...

The start of a very, very troubling idea...

Things which exist, and things which do not...

A deep and essential problem I cannot solve...

Do all relationships require compromises that harm us? Also, monogamy!

Moral responsibility in a statist world, and death by overwork

The difference between 'probable' and 'possible'

How the Chicago Boys got down with Chile

Science, senses and sense

A short, more formal article

How to love the majority like they never hurt you...

Yup. Still pretty powerful!

The study of the nature of knowledge is one of the most powerful areas of philosophy

Sing with me now - "Let's get meta-physical.." ;)

Yeah, I know, it's about time!

Loving your libertarian neighbor, and not being consulted about war...

The ethics of compelled promises, and fantasy elf governments

When someone who abused you is dying...

An example of an artist gently coaxing his culture to step off a cliff

Why feeling sad is so important

Self-knowledge is both very easy and very hard

A metaphor for your childhood...

Ways to look at historical compliance

Images to help you love today

Following the blood back to its source...

Following the blood back to its source...

How to turn petulance into healthy hatred

How to turn petulance into healthy anger

How to turn petulance into healthy anger

Offended by arguments? Here are some solutions.

Less decapitation = more capital!

Fistfights, War in the Middle East, the 'honor' of the South, and more!

What lies beneath a dream of taking a bat to bats...

Take a gamble on freedom!

What boredom proves in personal relationships...

A very dangerous (but very powerful) idea

The gap of knowledge the socialism wriggled into...

A deep analysis of a powerful dream

More details on the differences between 'false self' and 'true self' feelings

Understanding differences between 'false self' and 'true self' feelings

Professional insecurity, children and state compulsion, and the pursuit of happiness...

Telling them...

What if there was nothing wrong with you at all?

Reciprocity is freedom..!

So, you're finally on the move..! A roadmap to freedom.

OK, not so much 'science', more like some excellent arguments from the FDR Board

Some criteria for framing the debate...

How early experiences affect later philosophy

The good, the bad, and the huh?

Religion, war, the rise of evil and, yes, Virginia, Free Will!

Most prominent philosophers disagree with each other - how can they all be so famous?

Ways to understand and empathize with abusive parents - and yourself!

More invaluable lessons from Freedomain Radio Board debates...

Some invaluable lessons from Freedomain Radio Board debates...

Who has the power to hurts us more, the state or our family?

Details on the differences between the true and false selves

Understanding the rationality of true passions

Logical problems with 'master/slave' moralities

Religion, biology and hope for freedom

Nietzsche's 'Master' and 'Slave' Moralities

An analysis of false morality in 'Crime and Punishment'

A new understanding of property rights (at least for me!)

A theory about conditions for the inevitable escalation of evil

A theory about conditions for the inevitable escalation of evil

A theory about conditions for the inevitable escalation of evil

How will anarchy solve the problem of disparate legal systems?

Smoothing the present by digging the past

Know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em

How to solve the 'free rider' problem in national self-defense...

How to use real-world examples to solve and communicate the challenges and solutions of anarchism

A silver-tongued listener reveals his inner voices, an article preview, a live dream analysis, and new ways to use the argument from morality!

Helping our statist friends understand our view of tolerance

Empirical proofs of abstract ethics

To flee corruption, run towards it with your arms outstretched!

Coaching with a club - the infinite insults of the unimaginably superior...

Billy G Versus the DOJ

The logical consequences of determinism - like it or not!

A moment's pity for those in power...

The cause and effect from mother to girlfriend

The cause and effect from mother to girlfriend

A deep analysis of a family issue manifesting itself as a problem with a co-worker

A variety of brilliant topics from scintillating listeners!

The emotional roots of the torturer

A deep-symbology analysis of a gripping dream

The power of votes in the free market

Some thoughts on the appropriateness of anger in debates

Clues as to whether people giving advice are really trying to help you

The green-eyed monster opens the door to your future...

You do not need to convert people for the world to be free.

Well, something is being controlled, brother, but it ain't price!

An explanation for my 10-15 year prediction of collapse?

Anarchism and the elderly... (note: shouted out for your listening convenience!)

How to defend your values without attacking others

Learning life from the outside in

How to set off in hot pursuit of peace of mind

So, you want to get rid of abortion, and can't use the state...

Sooo, there's no government, and you want to do business in Singapore with a guy you've never met...

The question to ask statists is not 'whether' the state should continue, but 'how'?

Sprinkling the tasty spice of acceptance over the bitter ashes of defeat!

How the victim controls the abuser

Nice to the grocer, mean to the spouse - why it happens...

Minority problems and state power

Some tips for debaters

Chatting about free will versus determinism, and the implications for moral theories.

A review of the book 'Losing Ground' by Charles Murray

A review of the book 'Losing Ground' by Charles Murray

It's the nations united against the citizens

It's the nations united against the citizens

Notes from the bottomless hole of approval-seeking

One of the most essential questions in debates...

Unraveling the contradictions between choice and punishment

Treating the poor with respect...

A theory regarding the purpose and value of religious metaphysics

Notes from a battle in Afghanistan

The visible fist versus the invisible hand

The differences between a free press and statist mouthpieces...

Some subtle and explosive topics...

Updates on the latest trends...

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Nit-picking while Rome burns...

What if we waited before offering solutions?

What if we waited before offering solutions?

Looks, Values and Free Will

Watch as moral superheroes take on feeble senators...

Almost there now... Just a few... more... chews!

Chewing your way out of the trap

We are susceptible to morality because we really, really have to pee!

Anyone who argues ethics agrees with ethics

Using the scientific method to define morality

Just because something is 'better' doesn't mean it's commanded

How our masters keep us on a foggy leash

Do we need to have 'faith' in logic?

Does 'eternal vigilance in the defense of liberty' ever work?

Making an honest woman out of philosophy

According to some, the kool-aid is just around the corner...

See, I take two words from my podcast, and turn it into a title...

First, find out if he has one...

The modern world is a harsh wind to the little flame of the true self

Am I against the family?

Small state, huuuuge error!

Awww, c'mon - it's only the difference between a state 99% smaller and 100% smaller - what's the bid deaaaal?

Some interesting discussion-points for lady-friends

Talking about freedom with family...

We rationalists are often called arrogant for asking for proof...

Canada's bloodlust and four-winged birds...

Selling sperm for virtue

Getting in touch with your 'inner Fabio'

Does less government really mean more crime?

Removing the silencers from the guns of governments...

What horrors do fears of global warming mask?

Baffled? Let's just go through your pockets then!

How a stateless society deals with the problem of corruption

School, family - why they tend, on balance, to sort of suck...

The final antidote to false morality

The sword that keeps compliance at bay

The superhero of morality!

Okay, so let's say we have all these emasculated men raised by passive-aggressive women...

Deciphering the confusion of emotional abstractions

Unearthing the hidden signals of the 'sexy' child-woman

The many lessons to be learned from a 13-year court battle...

What is the morality of participating in the State?

The moral madness of calculating happiness

Actually, it's the greatest evil for the fewest number...

Hmmm, I wonder if it's really about the Mafia..?

I learned something verrry interesting about myself last night...

Oh, I guess the state CAN turn on you after all

A tale of near-limitless courage and integrity...

A brief history of bloody displacements

If you can read this, you're already skeptical...

An analysis of existing stateless economies - the black and gray markets...

Hello, they lied...

Aping a baby - narcissism and King Kong

The hidden wars of social integrity

Thoughts on the fascism of the Federation...

Paying the cost to be the boss

A theory as to why my article 'Stateless Prisons' made people so upset!

A fascinating article on war profits...

Thoughts on the value of marriage - and divorcing it from the State

Why we are blind to moral reciprocity

Foreign policy and moral payback

How to set up a discussion...

Great chats from listeners...

How Billy the S gets in the way of us capitalists

How incarceration could function without a state

Art in the service of God, State and War...

A few theories on the nature and purpose of art...

The first three chapters of one of my novels - available for donations!

Sure, that was the next topic you were expecting, right?

Talking to tykes

An examination of the root justifications for parental authority

Reducing conflict by earning respect

Are market prices objective or subjective?

Why is Marxism so successful?

Darling Karl and the evil exploiters

A long-lost podcast!

The primal value of curiosity in personal relationships

The currency of faith

A few crossed Biblical wires

OK, so God exists - how should we best worship him?

Let's go doooooown!

What does it mean to contextualize the Bible?

An examination of what political questions really mean

How to feel for the unfree

Speaking volumes by asking questions

The whole point of what I've been leading up to...

Ahhh, the great horizontal dictatorship... (sorry about the rain background!)

The insecurity of the one-sided negotiation

How to take liberties with lovers ;)

Is there such as thing as human nature?

My responses to brilliant listener criticisms!

The cross and the sword

Problems and Solutions

The moral science of human movement

The intellectual argument for self-defense

Some of them hold so many similar beliefs - can we join forces?

An article on the evils of conforming to the majority

Warning - spoilers abound! Don't listen if you haven't watched.

Failing to see the forest for the trees...

How the state transforms capitalism into mercantilism

The joys of debating with geographical bullies

How an anarchistic society deals with intellectual property

How the media created its own problems with regards to property rights

Why do we even have a problem? Hmmm, could that be the acrid stench of state power I smell?

Surfing the political divide on a wild wave of base hormones!

Continuing the debate by pointing out the barrel

Starting the debate by pointing out the barrel

Learning to loathe a legal fiction

How to find common ground during libertarian conversations

How to find common ground during libertarian conversations

The base illogic behind theories of social contracts

CIA archives help us understand the 'social contract'

So it's like this - the government sort of takes out a 'contract' on you...

Guns: How does gun control affect the decisions of criminals?

Guns: After the theories, come the facts

Guns: do they control violence, citizens or the state?

Effective arguments against wars both contemporary and historical

What effect does a truly free market have on racial and cultural bigotry?

What does it cost mankind to be irrational?

The journey from the 'ought' to the 'is'

Relativism and the government - responding to a variety of 'justifications'

A marine calls me out...

OK, OK, so you think that a free society needs a standing army? Weeellll....

A tasty medley of foreign aid disasters

As you can imagine, since it is a government program, it is neither foreign nor aid

The tricky task of raising a soldier (or, the umbilical cord-ite)

How to rationally trust your instincts

When should you tell that special someone about your fetish for market anarchy?

How market capitalism protects children better than any other system

The differences between pleasure and obligation

Helping the sheep shear themselves

A more formal article regarding how the state expands violence

The heart and soul of State corruption and the fall of Rome

The heart and soul of State corruption

Is integrity a choice, or a responsibility?

We're all going to die - how can that knowledge help us live more vibrantly?

Everyone argues that we need the government to control violence - In fact, having a government ensures violence will always increase!

Moral comparisons in pop psychology

OK, OK, enough of the bad news - how do we REALLY start to get it on?

Although women are often told that they don't really need men, they do!

Men and women are natural partners - how did we end up so antagonistic?

How women got sucker-punched by one of the biggest cons in history

Two theories as to why socialism is considered less vile than fascism

Two theories as to why socialism is considered less vile than fascism

Farewell to a great libertarian

Questions on manners from concerned listeners

Bad manners from central planners

An analysis of priceless catastrophes

A logical examination of the moral responsibility of the victim

The moral perils of motherhood

A cost/benefit analysis of the police force

The argument from morality and state slaughterhouses

How the government destroyed one of the greatest natural resources in the world.

Why learning the truth about your parents is so, so important!

If you think that the state exists to protect you, think again!

The null hypothesis for the declaration of love

Answers to the objection 'but they did the best they could!'

Some further explorations of the theory of parental corruption

Some further explorations of the theory of parental corruption

Retirement Savings Plans and State Corruption

Logic, evidence, the senses and proof

The problem of the commons (An article written for www.lewrockwell.com)

Understanding public self-interest (If private citizens don't care about preserving property, why would bureaucrats?)

So long, and thanks for all the fish! (...with all due respect to the late, great Douglas Adams!)

Property, Predation and Conservation: The 'problem of the commons' applied to the State

Thoughts on romance for libertarians (because we must breeeed!)

The truth the liar reveals: What 'social fiction' really means

The myths of falsehoods

So you've been offered a subsidy... Should we steal back from thieves?

False confessions: War and the soul of a soldier

What happens to societies that get concepts wrong

Who pays philosophers - and why

Celebrity Boxing: Aristotle versus Plato

A free market analysis of abortion

Incisive comments from insightful listeners

From passivity to skepticism to cynicism to nihilism: Containing hormones with hypocrisy

Our third experience with authority

Our second (and worse!) experience with authority

Our first experiences of authority

An examination of duality

The beam and the mote... Chomsky and state violence

Answers to the most common objections/questions (Feel free to distribute this to those baffled by your weird beliefs..!)

What might free market schools look like? (Some possible alternatives to 14 years in jail)

The moral and practical effects of school vouchers

The factories of irrationalities

The factories of irrationalities

Two men, two indoctrinations, two beliefs (From VS Naipul's 'Among the Believers - An Islamic Journey')

You say you want a revolution..? Some possible tips for wee freedom fighters ;)

Turning the world around one 12-hour day at a time (or, Look - the children - they liiiiive!)

The round trip of the trade dollar

How is government protection working out?

The deeper roots of evil and need

The deep roots of evil and need

Helping the poor is not for amateurs

A public analysis of private practices

How power structures are perpetuated through culture

The carrot that comes after the stick

The ABC's of totalitarianism - not to be used for evil!

Brilliant listeners get their say!

Benevolence, charity and the welfare state

The argument from morality in regard to property rights

Punching back the clock you punch - Is it violent to ask people to work overtime?

Getting from A to B the free market way!: Subsequent thoughts from a roads scholar (groan!)

Getting from A to B the free market way!: Initial thoughts from a roads scholar (groan!)

An economic analysis of symbiosis

Capitalism does not care about economic efficiency

Politics and false dichotomies: the pendulum that smashes freedom

Returning Marx's 'come hither' stare

The complexities of alleviating poverty (Part 2)

The complexities of alleviating poverty (Part 1)

Some more refined views on free will

Excellent responses to the question of determinism

Zen and the art of self-erasure

Some thoughts on 9/11

The real targets of warfare

A transactional analysis of war

Using the argument from morality against the welfare state

Why people STILL think the market is cruel

Why people think the market is cruel

How the Federal government caused economic collapse in the 1930s

Excellent comments from brilliant listeners!

It's only a party for those in power

Even for me, this one is pretty tangential! Some good stuff about modern art though...

An elegy for the innocence of ignorance

A subsequent analysis of two kinds of clubs

An initial analysis of two kinds of clubs

More explorations of Old Testament myths

An analysis of the power of the Genesis myth

What does conformity pay these days?

The difference between imagination and fantasy

A primer to share with baffled friends

The role of race in state power (Part 2) - Divided we fall!

The role of race in state power (Part 1) - Feeding on artificial divisions

A great criticism of my ideas - and an analysis of social security!

An analysis of arguments against the argument from morality

How can we be free when the state is so powerful?

Exploring the limits of free will - or, are irrational people responsible for their irrationality?

An analysis of the escalation of state power

Some interesting questions about the Bible

The economic drivers of religion

What is the real purpose of the drug wars? - Part 2 (If you think the State doesn't like drug users, you might be surprised)

What is the real purpose of the drug wars? - Part 1 (If you think the State doesn't like drug users, you might be surprised)

Arguments for and against the validity of the senses

Practical problems with a 'right' to health care

Logical problems with a 'right' to health care

Do evil people really hate good people? (Part 2)

Do evil people really hate good people? (Part 1)

Bread and circuses! Why the state loooves to subsidize sports

The moral challenges of the modern economist

An analysis of the power structures of socialized medicine

We all have to deal with non-libertarians - how can we do that most productively?

We all have to deal with non-libertarians - how can we do that most productively?

Inevitably, libertarians have to address the question of religion...

Inevitably, Libertarians have to address the question of religion...

How can we approach the problem of proving the existence of God?

State power is great for the amoral minority. Here's why it always grows (please note: public recording; lower quality)

Nagging the state is like wagging your finger at the mafia. Here's a better approach.

State programs often start well, and then fail in the long run - here are some reasons why

How governments contribute to (and profit from!) instability in the stock market

One of the central challenges faced by libertarians is the need to prove that libertarian moral theory is universally correct, while statist and collectivistic moral theories are incorrect. Here's how to do it!

A response to those who say that moral/political theories are a waste of time

We always argue that we need the state for self-defense. Some logical problems with that approach

The most powerful argument for freedom

How to fall in love with government all over again..!

The DRO debate continues...

Can a society without a government deal with violent crime..?

Life without government? Really? Here's how it works - and why it is so crucial!

The central purpose and philosophy of this podcast series