One should believe only what can be chosen to be true or just. Irrational (or unjustified) beliefs should be avoided because they can have disastrous practical consequences.

Science is morally neutral, but social science shows us that some moral codes are better than others.

Philosophy can help laymen spot and reject the numerous pseudoscientific beliefs that survive in the media, such as the fantasies of psychoanalysts, evolutionary psychologists, and economic equilibrium theorists.

Whereas science elicits changes in order to know, technology knows in order to elicit changes.

A democratic state will protect the freedom to hold any beliefs other than those that harm others, such as racism. In particular, it will see to it that no one is harmed just because of her beliefs.

All genuine philosophy transcends national boundaries. Patriotic philosophies are just nationalist ideologies.

I believe that modern science supports free will, in showing that the brain can act spontaneously, not only in response to external stimuli.