I am indeed a hedonistic utilitarian. I have defended hedonistic utilitarianism for quite a while.

Utilitarianism condones killing of innocent human beings, even murder, if it makes the world a better place.

It is obvious, I think, that national democracy withers. This has to do with globalisation.

Are there any good arguments in defence of moral nihilism? I think not.

It is of note that for a long time moral nihilism was a kind of unquestioned default position in analytic moral philosophy.

The possibility to go on indefinitely with our lives may become a reality and it will present us with a temptation.

It is obvious that humanity faces existential threats of a global nature. They are global in the sense that is not possible to deal with them unless we resort to global governance.

There are some particular moral truths that I believe we have access to (such as the one not to inflict pain on a sentient being for no reason).

What we need is legislation, not negotiation, for the entire globe.

To kill or not to kill, that was the question that haunted me.

The Chinese are generally speaking much more reluctant than Westerners to killing as a means to the rescue of lives.

If you know two languages, the level of your intelligence is multiplied a hundredfold in other people's eyes.

You only have so much time in life so everything you do needs to mean something to you.

That's Al Qaeda's new plan: to destroy America one period at a time.

The difference between PR and social media is that PR is about positioning, and social media is about becoming, being and improving.

I don't plan to attend the inauguration [Donald Trump].

People should not feel intimidated by received wisdom. You have to discover it yourself. If I tell you that Armstrong is great, it's meaningless; you have to hear it.

When can our brain's innate objectivity begin to flourish? Only when our inappropriate Self-centered subjectivity begins to dissolve.

The ocean does not require that the waves are still to be more ocean-like.

As a woman, you should be more at ease with your sexuality when you are in your 40s...You are more self-assured about that part. And that's the way it should be.