When I was in my late teens I was already interested in philosophy.

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.

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.

I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago?

Only dead fishes go with the flow.. I guess that make me a dead fish!

The thesis that risk assessment itself is inherently risky is nowhere better borne out than in the area of high-consequence risks.

Change isn't about what you are stopping... it's about what you are starting.

Simply put, if you are a Wayward Victorian Girl, I'll find you.

I helped put in a rink in Cadillac, Michigan, when my wife was very healthy. She helped them put it in and the rink is going full-bore the last time I was there.

Family is everything. It is even more important than baseball.

Stated clearly enough, an idea may cancel itself out.

The destination cannot be described; / You will know very little until you get there; / You will journey blind.

If any foes of mine are there, I pardon every one: I hope that man and womankind will do the same by me.