Whatever your religious persuasion, if you believe that the universe is governed by benign forces, at some point you have to explain… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
You don't choose what you believe moment to moment, but choices you have made do shape what you come to believe. — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Most people believe, more or less, that the value of a human life is the same, irrespective of where on the planet… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
If you believe you are right, then you should believe that you can make the case that you're right. This requires you… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
The optimist underestimates how difficult it is to achieve real change, believing that anything is possible and it's possible now. Only by… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Prayer provides an opportunity to remind oneself of how one should be living, our responsibilities to others, our own failings, and our… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Traditional arguments for the existence of God and contemporary attempts to use fine-tuning and cosmology to back up the case for his… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
I don't believe in God because certain reasons and arguments weigh more heavily in my mind than others, not because I have… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Once Steve Fuller said that there is this idea that your responsibility as an intellectual is just to speak the truth as… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
People seem very arrogant when they say 'I'm right and you're wrong', but in practice we all believe we're right. We have… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
If we find it hard to believe that winning millions might not be so lucky after all, we just don't have a… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
I don't think there is ever a direct connection between the philosophical community and the wider populus. I'm very aware of this because I've… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Anger clearly has its proper place at work, which is neither wholly absent nor ever present. The manager who is an emotional blank is… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
I don't feel proprietorial about the problems of philosophy. History has taught us that many philosophical issues can grow up, leave home and live… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
True respect means taking other people's beliefs seriously and assuming they are adult and intelligent enough to be able to cope with it if… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
We do wrong willfully when we fail to think hard about whether what we're doing is right. — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
It may not have the virtuous ring of the golden rule, but the maxim 'never say never' is one of the most important in… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
I'm not one of these people who is sour about academia. I'm very lucky not to be in academia, but I am an absolute… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
“Working out whether or not the claims you make in your premises are true, while important, is simply not enough to ensure that you… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Real life is about accepting ups and downs, the good and the bad, the possibility of failure as well as the ambition to succeed.… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
“Philosophy without criticism is like hunting deer without a shotgun, so, if you want people to like you, avoid robust philosophical debate.” — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Looking out over the port of Dover, with the endless steam of boats coming in and out, every British citizen is reminded that belonging… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
If you believe you are right, then you should believe that you can make the case that you're right. This requires you to deal… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
