I do believe that what I have called populist democracy is to be preferred to what I have called elitist democracy.

We can be certain that, if there are conflicting views in different cultures, some of these views must be false. This may help us to transcend our own narrow cultural horizon.

I am indeed a hedonistic utilitarian. I have defended hedonistic utilitarianism for quite a while.

Being a moral realist I see normative ethics as a search of the truth about our obligations and a search of explanation; the idea is that moral principles can help us to a moral explanation of our particular obligations.

I have now come to the conclusion (roughly) that capital punishment is defensible, if it can be shown to have a deterrent effect on murder. In that case, a few executions save not only some people from being murdered but also some people from becoming murders.

Utilitarianism condones killing of innocent human beings, even murder, if it makes the world a better place.

There are some particular moral truths that I believe we have access to (such as the one not to inflict pain on a sentient being for no reason).