What we need is legislation, not negotiation, for the entire globe. — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
It is quite possible that we will soon come to live under some sort of global despotism, enlightened or not. This is not a nice prospect. And there is only one way of avoiding that this happens: to establish a… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
Being a moral realist I see normative ethics as a search of the truth about our obligations and a search of explanation; the idea… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
I do believe that what I have called populist democracy is to be preferred to what I have called elitist democracy. — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
It is true that it feels very differently to enjoy a good meal, taking part in an interesting conversation, or to think of how… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
It is obvious that humanity faces existential threats of a global nature. They are global in the sense that is not possible to deal… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
Are there any good arguments in defence of moral nihilism? I think not. — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
According to deontology it is wrong to kill an innocent human being, period. — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
How could it be that I had a legal obligation to kill people I did not know, and who did certainly not consent to… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
I want to think that there are better ways of obviating murder than to resort to capital punishment, but I realise that this may… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
Even where people in different cultures agree they may all have gone wrong. — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
The Chinese are generally speaking much more reluctant than Westerners to killing as a means to the rescue of lives. — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
I am indeed a hedonistic utilitarian. I have defended hedonistic utilitarianism for quite a while. — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
