The only good reason to embrace a philosophical position is that you are convinced it is true or at least makes sense of the world better than the alternatives.

When you do the right thing, but not to any particular person, we instinctively feel that we have earned some sort of pay back. Since no-one will do that for us, we opt for self-service reciprocation.

Indeed, without emotion it seems unlikely we can even have morality.

Society needs both justice and compassion, a head and a heart, if it is to be civilised.

If we find it hard to believe that winning millions might not be so lucky after all, we just don't have a good enough imagination. If I fantasise about winning the lottery, it doesn't take long before all sorts of worrisome potential consequences occur to me.

There are many things you shouldn't measure. Don't, for example, try to measure how much you love your wife!

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.