--- title: "Best Torbjorn Tannsjo Quotes" description: "Ulf Torbjörn Harald Tännsjö is a Swedish professor of philosophy and public intellectual. Browse 55 Torbjorn Tannsjo quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-torbjorn-tannsjo-91922.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-torbjorn-tannsjo-91922.jpg) # Torbjorn Tannsjo **55** quotes in **335** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Ulf Torbjörn Harald Tännsjö is a Swedish professor of philosophy and public intellectual. ## Quick Facts About Torbjorn Tannsjo Notable works The repugnant conclusion ## About Torbjorn Tannsjo Ulf Torbjörn Harald Tännsjö is a Swedish professor of philosophy and public intellectual. He has held a chair in Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University since 2002 and he is Affiliated Professor of Medical Ethics at Karolinska Institute. Tännsjö was associate professor of philosophy at Stockholm University from 1976 to 1993 and Research Fellow in Political Philosophy at the Swedish Research Council in the Humanities and Social Sciences between 1993 and 1995. Thereafter, he was a professor of Practical Philosophy at University of Gothenburg 1995–2001. He has twice been a Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in Uppsala, Sweden. ## Quotes by Torbjorn Tannsjo · Page 2 > [The possibility to go on indefinitely with our lives may become a reality and it will present us with a temptation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/the-possibility-to-go-on-indefinitely-with-our-lives-may-become-a/) [Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/) [Goes on](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goes-on/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9d/torbjorn-tannsjo-12405_goes-on_the-possibility-to-go-on-indefinitely-wi_2883964.jpg) > [Being a moral realist I see normative ethics as a search of the truth about our obligations and a search of explanation;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/being-a-moral-realist-i-see-normative-ethics-as-a-search-of-the-truth/) [Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/) [Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab3/torbjorn-tannsjo-12405_character_being-a-moral-realist-i-see-normative-et_30849.jpg) > [Normative ethics, pursued as a free, systematic, and critical attempt to find moral truth, regardless of religious and other authorities, is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/normative-ethics-pursued-as-a-free-systematic-and-critical-attempt-to/) [Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/) [Adventure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adventure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/torbjorn-tannsjo-12405_adventure_normative-ethics-pursued-as-a-free-syste_2032010.jpg) > [I believe that one basic question, what we ought to do, period (the moral question), is a genuine one. There exists a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/i-believe-that-one-basic-question-what-we-ought-to-do-period-the/) [Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/) [Answers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/answers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/torbjorn-tannsjo-12405_answers_i-believe-that-one-basic-question-what-w_746127.jpg) > [It is obvious that humanity faces existential threats of a global nature. They are global in the sense that is not possible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/it-is-obvious-that-humanity-faces-existential-threats-of-a-global/) [Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/) [Deals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deals/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/686/torbjorn-tannsjo-12405_deals_it-is-obvious-that-humanity-faces-existe_226894.jpg) > [I want to think that there are better ways of obviating murder than to resort to capital punishment, but I realise that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/i-want-to-think-that-there-are-better-ways-of-obviating-murder-than/) [Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/) [Better way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better-way/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c26/torbjorn-tannsjo-12405_better-way_i-want-to-think-that-there-are-better-wa_443430.jpg) > [I am now a decided non-naturalist realist. And today we may even speak of a trend towards non-naturalist moral realism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/i-am-now-a-decided-non-naturalist-realist-and-today-we-may-even-speak/) [Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/) [Decided](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decided/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d74/torbjorn-tannsjo-12405_decided_i-am-now-a-decided-non-naturalist-realis_2451356.jpg) > [You are only allowed to treat the content of your intuition as evidence if the intuition stays after you have exposed it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/you-are-only-allowed-to-treat-the-content-of-your-intuition-as/) [Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/) [Cases](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cases/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/540/torbjorn-tannsjo-12405_cases_you-are-only-allowed-to-treat-the-conten_2390122.jpg) > [There comes a time where next to everyone will resort to techniques that enhance cognitive, mental including emotive, physical, and other capacities.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/there-comes-a-time-where-next-to-everyone-will-resort-to-techniques/) [Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/) [Bans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c19/torbjorn-tannsjo-12405_bans_there-comes-a-time-where-next-to-everyon_707136.jpg) > [I look at the most promising putative moral theories. I construct crucial thought experiments in areas where they give conflicting advice. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/i-look-at-the-most-promising-putative-moral-theories-i-construct/) [Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/) [Advice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/torbjorn-tannsjo-12405_advice_i-look-at-the-most-promising-putative-mo_2556954.jpg) > [How could it be that I had a legal obligation to kill people I did not know, and who did certainly not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/how-could-it-be-that-i-had-a-legal-obligation-to-kill-people-i-did/) [Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/) [Answers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/answers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83c/torbjorn-tannsjo-12405_answers_how-could-it-be-that-i-had-a-legal-oblig_426954.jpg) > [It is quite possible that we will soon come to live under some sort of global despotism, enlightened or not. This is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/it-is-quite-possible-that-we-will-soon-come-to-live-under-some-sort/) [Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/) [Avoiding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/avoiding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c82/torbjorn-tannsjo-12405_avoiding_it-is-quite-possible-that-we-will-soon-c_2677307.jpg) > [You should not take the content of your intuitive response as evidence until you have submitted your psychological reaction to what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/you-should-not-take-the-content-of-your-intuitive-response-as/) [Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/) [Cognitive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cognitive/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/980/torbjorn-tannsjo-12405_cognitive_you-should-not-take-the-content-of-your_3218317.jpg) > [It is of note that even if utilitarianism has proved to be superior to deontology and the libertarian moral rights theory in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/it-is-of-note-that-even-if-utilitarianism-has-proved-to-be-superior/) [Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/) [Areas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/areas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36f/torbjorn-tannsjo-12405_areas_it-is-of-note-that-even-if-utilitarianis_1336605.jpg) > [I have now come to the conclusion (roughly) that capital punishment is defensible, if it can be shown to have a deterrent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/i-have-now-come-to-the-conclusion-roughly-that-capital-punishment-is/) [Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/) [Becoming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/becoming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a49/torbjorn-tannsjo-12405_becoming_i-have-now-come-to-the-conclusion-roughl_1898496.jpg) ## Torbjorn Tannsjo by topic [Moral (17)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moral/torbjorn-tannsjo/) [Ifs (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/torbjorn-tannsjo/) [People (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/torbjorn-tannsjo/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/#itemlist", "name": "Torbjorn Tannsjo Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The possibility to go on indefinitely with our lives may become a reality and it will present us with a temptation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Torbjorn Tannsjo" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/the-possibility-to-go-on-indefinitely-with-our-lives-may-become-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9d/torbjorn-tannsjo-12405_goes-on_the-possibility-to-go-on-indefinitely-wi_2883964.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9d/torbjorn-tannsjo-12405_goes-on_the-possibility-to-go-on-indefinitely-wi_2883964.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9d/torbjorn-tannsjo-12405_goes-on_the-possibility-to-go-on-indefinitely-wi_2883964.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The possibility to go on indefinitely with our lives may become a reality and it will present us with a…” — Torbjorn Tannsjo", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Torbjorn Tannsjo" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/being-a-moral-realist-i-see-normative-ethics-as-a-search-of-the-truth/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab3/torbjorn-tannsjo-12405_character_being-a-moral-realist-i-see-normative-et_30849.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab3/torbjorn-tannsjo-12405_character_being-a-moral-realist-i-see-normative-et_30849.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab3/torbjorn-tannsjo-12405_character_being-a-moral-realist-i-see-normative-et_30849.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Being a moral realist I see normative ethics as a search of the truth about our obligations and a search of…” — Torbjorn Tannsjo", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Normative ethics, pursued as a free, systematic, and critical attempt to find moral truth, regardless of religious and other authorities, is a rather new adventure. 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