Epicurus thought that friendship and conviviality, which require present attention rather than being in an alcoholic stupor, as well as trying to understand and explain things, were the greatest sources of satisfaction in life, so there go most drugs.

Moral claims aren't, as a class, truth-value apt or not.

The (atomic) soul is mortal, and the best life is the one with the least pain and the most pleasure.

Claims like 'Slavery is wrong' are not fully common-sensical, so they must be at least partly theoretical.

There are people who organise the contest, winners, losers, and people who benefit from the contest taking place.

The higher the coefficient of inequality (Gini coefficient) in a society, the worse things tend to be for those at the bottom.

The moves to contractualism and utilitarianism required some extra ingredients besides mortalism, the denial that God is in charge of the world, and the doctrine that physical and psychological pain are the greatest evils.