Few if any political philosophers have had the courage of tackling the Cold War. Even the best of them have kept silent or have stated some bromides glossing over the serious shortcomings of "our" side, such as racism, social injustice, extreme income disparities, the exploitation of the Third World, and environmental degradation.

Most contemporary philosophers are conservative and eager to keep their jobs.

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

From a historical viewpoint, religion is just a kind of superstition, and from a political viewpoint it is a tool of social control.

We deem valuable whatever is likely to meet our needs or wishes (individual values) and whatever is likely to help protect or attain social goals (social values). However, this is not a dichotomy, for some individual values, such as truth, are needed to secure some social values, such as mutual trust, and some social values, such as peace, are required to pursue some individual values, such as good health.

The motto of science is not just Pauca but rather Plurima ex paucissimis - the most out of the least.

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.