Universally Preferable Behaviour
Subtitle: A Rational Proof of Secular Ethics
Publisher: Stefan Molyneux
Published: October 2007
Language: eng
Description: digital edition
Table of contents: title: 7
label: Foreword; title: 9
label: Ground Rules; title: 12
label: A Modest Suggestion; title: 13
label: Introduction; title: 13
label: The “Null Zone”; title: 15
label: The Casualties; title: 15
label: “Middle Truths”; title: 17
label: “Middle Truths” and Exploitation; title: 18
label: Effective Parasitism; title: 22
label: A Framework for Ethics; title: 22
label: Objective Truth; title: 3
label: Truth and Objective Reality; title: 24
label: Accuracy and Consistency; title: 25
label: The Existence of “Truth”; title: 26
label: Empiricism versus Rationality; title: 27
label: Internal Consistency; title: 29
label: Ethics; title: 29
label: The Discipline of Theoretical Ethics; title: 31
label: Self-Defeating Arguments; title: 32
label: Preferences; title: 32
label: Preferences and Existence; title: 33
label: Preferences and Arguments; title: 33
label: Preferences and Universality; title: 34
label: Arguments and Universality; title: 34
label: Premise 1: We Both Exist; title: 34
label: Premise 2: The Senses have the Capacity for Accurac y; title: 34
label: Premise 3: Language has the Capacity for Meaning; title: 35
label: Premise 4: Correction Requires Universal Preference s; label: Premise 5: An Objective Methodology Exists For Sepa rating Truth From Falsehood  35; title: 35
label: Premise 6: Truth Is Better Than Falsehood; label: Premise 7: Peaceful Debating is the Best Way to Res olve Disputes  35; title: 36
label: Premise 8: Individuals are Responsible for their Ac tions; title: 37
label: Universally Preferable Behaviour; title: 37
label: UPB and Validity; title: 40
label: Moral Rules: A Definition; title: 40
label: UPB: Five Proofs; title: 43
label: UPB: Optional and Objective; title: 44
label: UPB: The Practice; title: 46
label: UPB: The Framework; title: 48
label: UPB: Ethics or Aesthetics?; title: 48
label: Irrationality; title: 4 9
label: Lying; title: 49
label: Murder; title: 49
label: Requirements for Ethics; title: 50
label: Choice; title: 50
label: Avoidance; title: 51
label: Avoidance and Initiation; title: 51
label: Ethics, Aesthetics and Avoidability; title: 53
label: Initiation; title: 53
label: The Non-Aggression Principle (NAP); title: 55
label: Lifeboat Scenarios; title: 55
label: Gray Areas; title: 56
label: Shades of Gray; title: 56
label: Universality and Exceptions; title: 57
label: The Purpose – and the Dangers; title: 59
label: The Beast; title: 59
label: Propaganda; title: 64
label: Ethical Categories; title: 64
label: The Seven Categories; title: 65
label: Virtue and its Opposite; title: 65
label: What is Missing; title: 65
label: The First Test: Rape; title: 66
label: 1. The Good; title: 66
label: The Coma Test; title: 67
label: Capacity; title: 68
label: 2. Aesthetically Positive; title: 69
label: 3. Personally Positive; title: 70
label: 4. Morally Neutral; title: 70
label: 5. Personally Negative; title: 70
label: 6. Aesthetically Negative; title: 71
label: 7. Evil; title: 72
label: Whew!; title: 73
label: The Second Test: Murder; title: 74
label: Self-Defense?; title: 75
label: The Third Test: Theft; title: 76
label: Property and UPB; title: 77
label: The Gray Areas; title: 78
label: Property as Universality; title: 79
label: Testing “Theft”; title: 82
label: The Fourth Test: Fraud; title: 84
label: The Fifth Test: Lying; title: 86
label: More Challenging Tests of UPB; title: 86
label: Self-Defense; title: 88
label: Child Raising; title: 90
label: “Don’t Eat Fish”; title: 91
label: Animal Rights; title: 95
label: The Value of Universally Preferable Behaviour; title: 96
label: The “Null Zone” Revisited; title: 96
label: Bigotry; title: 97
label: Next Stop: the “Alternate Universe”; title: 99
label: Existence versus Non-Existence; title: 100
label: The “Alternate Universe” in Human Society; title: 100
label: UPB In Action; title: 101
label: Government; title: 102
label: Opinions and Reality; title: 103
label: Government as Voluntarism; title: 103
label: The Gun in the Room; title: 104
label: Policemen; title: 106
label: Practicality; title: 107
label: The Necessity of the State?; title: 111
label: Governments and Religion; title: 112
label: Taxation; title: 113
label: Government, Religion and UPB; title: 114
label: Religion and UPB; title: 115
label: UPB and “The Majority”; title: 115
label: Majority Rule; title: 117
label: Additional Proofs; title: 117
label: The free-market economy; title: 117
label: The Scientific Method; title: 117
label: Public Education; title: 119
label: Parallels; title: 120
label: Solutions; title: 121
label: The Future; title: 122
label: Conclusions; title: 125
label: Appendix A: UPB in a Nutshell; title: 126
label: Appendix B: Moral Categories; title: 127
label: Appendix C: UPB Podcasts; title: 129
label: Appendix D: Every UPB Debate I’ve Ever Had; title: 131
label: Index