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.

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.

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

Only the stupid and the wicked can fear rational criticism.

Of course much remains to know, but we know how to learn: through scientific research.

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