“You should protest about the views of people you disagree with over major moral issues, and argue them down, but you should not try to silence them, however repugnant you find them. That is the bitter pill free speech requires us to swallow.” PeopleShouldTryingViewsSilenceMoralIssuesSpeechMajorsArguingBitterProtestDisagreeFree SpeechPillsMoral Issues Author:Julian Baggini
“The greatest moral failing is to condemn something as a moral failing: no vice is worse than being judgmental.” MoralFailingVicesJudgmentalBeing Judgmental Author:Julian Baggini
“Atheists should point out that life without God can be meaningful, moral and happy.” ShouldMoralAtheistMeaningfulWithout God Author:Julian Baggini
“If I hammer my own thumb while doing some DIY, it's not nice, but it's not the end of the world. To care obsessively about similar levels of discomfort in animals seems to be a case of mistaken moral priorities.” IfsWorldEndsSeemsCareMy OwnAnimalLevelsMoralCasesNicePrioritiesMistakenEnd Of The WorldHammersDiscomfortThumbsDiy Author:Julian Baggini
“One reason why it has become harder to promote the beneficial side of emotions such as anger is that the moral vocabulary of good and bad has been replaced by the self-help lexicon of positive and negative thinking.” ThinkingHas BeensSelfReasonHelpingSidesEmotionMoralSelf HelpNegativeHarderReason WhyReplacedVocabularyGood And BadBeneficialNegative ThinkingLexicon Author:Julian Baggini
“Too often, complaint is not about principled objection on moral grounds, but opportunistic objection on grounds of self-interest. To rectify this, we need to work on mastering the art of complaint.” NeedsArtSelfInterestMoralComplaintsSelf InterestObjectionsPrincipledRectify Author:Julian Baggini
“Being able and willing to complain is what makes us rational and moral animals, capable of seeing and articulating the difference between how things are and how they should be.” ShouldAbleDifferencesAnimalMoralSeeingWillingCapableComplainingRationalArticulating Author:Julian Baggini
