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

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

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

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.

Write what you want, everything else is gravy

I could have played another year, but I would have been playing for the money, and baseball deserves better than that.

Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.

I credit my collaborators for allowing me to grow. Without them I wouldn't have that opportunity.

My whole purpose really is to try to help working families to find better jobs and get better benefits and look out for the little guy.

May was so great to work with, he even took me over to Japan for some dates. It blew me away when he let me play his guitar on stage with him.

Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.

I must admit to being greatly influenced by Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand Faces.

Allow not nature more than nature needs.