The greatest moral failing is to condemn something as a moral failing: no vice is worse than being judgmental.

No one has ever understood anything better by assuming that there is no reason for why it is the way it is.

I don't feel proprietorial about the problems of philosophy. History has taught us that many philosophical issues can grow up, leave home and live elsewhere.

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.

Stress means something different if it is the result of rewarding work rather than struggling to keep the family out of debt.

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.

Atheists should point out that life without God can be meaningful, moral and happy.