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.

Once we realise that utilitarianism comes with the idea of blameworthy rightdoing (such as when you push a big man onto the tracks in order to save five lives) and blameless wrongdoing (such as when you don't push a big man onto the tracks in order to save five lives), then utilitarianism all of a sudden appears to give the right answers.

It is obvious, I think, that national democracy withers. This has to do with globalisation.

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.

Moral nihilism comes with a price we can now see.

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