Daily life is better when it involves interactions with real people who have a personal investment in their labour, like shopkeepers, than… — 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… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
You should protest about the views of people you disagree with over major moral issues, and argue them down, but you should… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
This is the deal: we are happy to single out people as superior just as long as they don't accept the description… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
People should not expect the state to protect them from fraudsters. If we do, we get into the habit of neglecting our… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Accepting that the world is full of uncertainty and ambiguity does not and should not stop people from being pretty sure about… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Trade has played a vital role in the social evolution of humankind. It allowed people to specialise, which raises both skill levels… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
People do care where their food, or other goods, comes from, not merely if the price is right. And that means no… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
To a certain extent all philosophers have been involved in a systematic questioning that undermines confidence and certainty. Philosophy as a whole… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Many people are never happier than when they get the opportunity to complain, while others are deeply unhappy with how things are… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
I am very Aristotelian in approach - not in detail - so I always find I'm saying things that get people frustrated… — 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… — 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
Talking about creating truth tends to alarm people, because truth is meant to be 'just out there'. It doesn't take much thinking… — 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
In the case of Donald Trump I think you've got to accept that a lot of what's going on in political discourse… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
For most people their ideal life involves an intimate relationship with another person; one which often has a sexual basis. But there's… — 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
Metaphorical tone deafness is when people are unable to discern what is of value in something. I think I'm tone deaf to… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
I just think that the skepticism about truth has almost completely flipped - from being something associated with generally left-leaning progressives to… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Wasn't it Bertrand Russell who used the phrase 'The superior virtue of the oppressed'? There is always this temptation amongst people that… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
I think that internet technologies are making everything so transparent. The arms race of deception and spin against the public trying to… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Christmas is a rare occasion when we are reminded that we have obligations to people we did not choose to be related… — 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
