“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
“Any celebration meal to which guests are invited, be they family or friends, should be an occasion for generous hospitality.” ShouldOccasionsGenerousMealsCelebrationGuestsInvitedHospitality Author:Julian Baggini
“Accepting that the world is full of uncertainty and ambiguity does not and should not stop people from being pretty sure about a lot of things.” PeopleWorldShouldDoeAcceptingUncertaintyAmbiguityBeing Pretty Author:Julian Baggini
“Atheists should point out that life without God can be meaningful, moral and happy.” ShouldMoralAtheistMeaningfulWithout God Author:Julian Baggini
“Constructive complaint requires only two things: that what you are complaining about should be different, and that it can be different. It sounds simple, but too often our protests fail this test.” ShouldTwoDifferentSoundSimpleFailingTestsComplainingTwo ThingsProtestComplaintsConstructive Author:Julian Baggini
“The border between the natural and the supernatural, religion and philosophy, may not always be clear. But there are lines and we should know and accept which side of it we are on.” KnowsShouldMayPhilosophySidesNaturalLinesAcceptingClearBorders 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
“If you believe you are right, then you should believe that you can make the case that you're right. This requires you to deal with serious objections properly.” IfsShouldBelieveDealsCasesSeriousIf You BelieveObjections Author:Julian Baggini
“People should not expect the state to protect them from fraudsters. If we do, we get into the habit of neglecting our own powers of intellectual discernment.” PeopleIfsShouldStatesHabitProtectIntellectualNeglectDiscernment Author:Julian Baggini
“Prayer provides an opportunity to remind oneself of how one should be living, our responsibilities to others, our own failings, and our relative good fortune, should we have it. This is, I think, a pretty worthwhile practice and it is not something you can only do if you believe you are talking to an unseen creator.” IfsThinkingShouldBelieveOpportunityPrayerResponsibilityTalkingPracticeFailingFortuneOneselfCreatorRelativeWorthwhileUnseenGood FortuneIf You BelieveResponsibility To Others Author:Julian Baggini
“True virtue would never liken its rewards to points on a loyalty card, not because it is its own reward, but because it is not something we should practice to accrue future benefits.” ShouldPracticeVirtueBenefitsRewardsLoyaltyCards Author:Julian Baggini
“We can take suffering to be an opportunity to learn and to grow. But if we are honest, we should remember that this is making the best of a bad job, and that minimising suffering takes priority over optimising its outcome.” IfsShouldJobsRememberSufferingOpportunityGrowsHonestPrioritiesOutcomesOpportunities To LearnBad Jobs Author:Julian Baggini
