“A human being can choose what to do, what to become. We are all free. No one but you can decide what you make… — Nigel Warburton Copy Share Image
“Users of slippery slope arguments should take skiing lessons—you really can choose to stop.” — Nigel Warburton Copy Share Image
“If Abraham had gone ahead and killed his son he would have done something morally wrong. A father has a basic duty to look… — Nigel Warburton Copy Share Image
“The best way to live, then, was this: have a very simple lifestyle, be kind to those around you, and surround yourself with friends.” — Nigel Warburton Copy Share Image
“Machiavelli stresses that it's better as a leader to be feared than to be loved. Ideally you would be both loved and feared, but… — Nigel Warburton Copy Share Image
“Farm animals aren't the only ones that suffer at the hands of human beings. Scientists use animals for their research. It's not just rats… — Nigel Warburton Copy Share Image
“One way of approaching the question about what makes a human being the same person over time would be to point out that we… — Nigel Warburton Copy Share Image
“Sartre explained what he meant by the anguish of choice through the true story of a student who had come to ask his advice… — Nigel Warburton Copy Share Image
“In this short philosophical novel he completely undermined the kind of optimism about humanity and the universe that Pope and Leibniz had expressed, and… — Nigel Warburton Copy Share Image
“The best way to eliminate all suffering in the world would be to eliminate all sentient life. If there were no living things capable… — Nigel Warburton Copy Share Image
“The problem as he saw it was not how short our lives are, but rather how badly most of us use what time we… — Nigel Warburton Copy Share Image
“But the basis of Freud's ideas aren't accepted by all philosophers, though many accept that he was right about the possibility of unconscious thought.… — Nigel Warburton Copy Share Image
