Those who employ their modest talents as best they can do make a contribution to a better human future.

Empiricist philosophy always tends to be anti-philosophy (and is often proud of it).

No theory about our bodies as mere objects of observation and calculation (as distinct from partners in communicative interaction, assumed to be free) can comprehend human nature.

Teaching and writing about philosophy is about the only thing I've ever been really good at.

We are generally forced to choose one way or the other of distancing ourselves from Kant. I suppose I tend to choose the irreligious way. But I regret that Kant's path has not been followed.

The relation of the law to the self is only a helpful way of thinking about the law, that helps us better understand its validity for us.

One rational standard of action is how well it promotes the end it seeks. Another standard is whether it aims at ends which are good. Both of these, but especially the former, depend on judgments of fact.