There is a contradiction between market liberalism and political liberalism. The market liberals (e.g., social conservatives) of today want family values, less government, and maintain the traditions of society (at least in America's case). However, we must face the cultural contradiction of capitalism: the progress of capitalism, which necessitates a consumer culture, undermines the values which render capitalism possible

But in a radically atheist universe, you are not only responsible for doing your duty, You are also responsible for deciding what is your duty.

The ultimate lesson of The Interpretation of Dreams: reality is for those who cannot sustain the dream.

My instinct as a philosopher is that we are effectively approaching a multicentric world, which means we need to ask new, and for the traditional left, unpleasant questions.

The fact that a cloud from a minor volcanic eruption in Iceland—a small disturbance in the complex mechanism of life on the Earth—can bring to a standstill the aerial traffic over an entire continent is a reminder of how, with all its power to transform nature, humankind remains just another species on the planet Earth.

Undoubtedly [Beethoven's] music often verges on kitsch

What if the way we perceive a problem is already part of the problem?