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.

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.

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.

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.

How you spend your time when you are not working or studying says everything about who you are and what is motivating your life.

May the magic within you shine through!

Consider the Circle ~ Ponder on the Perigon

Always wear a smile sometime during the day - it makes you feel happier and look younger.

Don't you have much more faith in ideas that you discover for yourself than in ideas that are handed to you on a silver platter?

The well-being of individual persons in any society varies inversely with the money at the disposal of the political class.

Mortal life is like unto the traveler on a homeward journey.

What are other women really thinking, feeling, experiencing, when they slip away from the gaze and culture of men?

There is no high-carbon future

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.