Politely, Up Yours!

Episode 008 | Politely Up Yours - Religion


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Dave Rael and Joe Macaluso faith and religion, the impact of religion on societal norm,

Chapters:
  • 0:52 - Book Club - Man, Economy, and State
  • 2:11 - Elasticity of demand
  • 3:17 - Outlay
  • 5:47 - Speculation and equilibrium
  • 12:13 - Digging into religion and personal experiences of faith and institutional religion
  • 19:21 - Science, observation, the scientific method, and faith
  • 20:49 - Progression of human knowledge; morality and ethics; the state as religion
  • 24:13 - Sources of wisdom, inspiration, and ideas of "right" behavior
  • 28:25 - Secular ethics: The Non-aggression principle and Stefan Molyneux's Universtally Preferable Behavior
  • 32:22 - Selfishness, virtue, and altruism
  • 42:01 - Guilt, Original Sin, and white privilege
  • 44:48 - Comparisons of church and state
  • 47:28 - Perceptions of "the one percent"
  • 49:49 - Sources of conflict and zealotry
  • Resources:
    • Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market, Scholar's Edition - Murray N. Rothbard
    • Arbitrage
    • Herbert Henry Dow and the German Chemical Cartel
    • Campus Crusade for Christ
    • Deism
    • Scientific method
    • Non-aggression principle
    • Stefan Molyneux - Freedomain Radio
    • Universally Preferable Behaviour: A Rational Proof of Secular Ethics - Stefan Molyneux
    • The Virtue of Selfishness, Centennial Edition - Nathaniel Branden, Ayn Rand
    • Dave's Blog Post on Self-Sacrifice
    • Original Sin
    • ...more
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      Politely, Up Yours!By Joe Macaluso, Dave Rael