I wanted to know what it means to know something, whether we can know at all, and, if so, how.

You should not take the content of your intuitive response as evidence until you have submitted your psychological reaction to what I call cognitive psychotherapy. You should do what you can to learn as much as possible about the origin of your reaction.

The possibility to go on indefinitely with our lives may become a reality and it will present us with a temptation.

The US two party system is very different, of course. Here the people decides about who should rule them, but it is not reasonable to claim that the people rules itself through the political institutions. In comparison, I find that the standard European system is better, also as a model for global democracy.

Global governance need not take a democratic form.

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

Are there any good arguments in defence of moral nihilism? I think not.