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).

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.

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.

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.

Are you on our side...and want to be different, or are you on that side and want to throw a football at my head!?

Woman must come of age by herself -- she must find her true center alone.

Regardless of what one's attitude towards prohibition may be, temperance is something against which, at a time of war, no reasonable protest can be made.

I could design an $800 shoe line it's easy. You use the best materials and you can make beautiful shoes. It's easier than making great shoes for $90.

We've Tweeted him, we've stalked him [on] Facebook. We thought because he was so into volleyball he would have got back to us. But no luck so far.

I just think that the people who say: 'That's not true' when someone tells a story at dinner are the people who didn't get any laughs when they told their story.

Don't move," said Sprockett."Mimes don't generally attack unless they are threatened.

All reduction of people to objects, all imposition of labels and patterns to which they must conform, all segregation can lead only to destruction.

They're combining that new fertility drug with a birth control pill for people who don't want triplets.