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- But because we live in an age of science, we have a preoccupation with corroborating our myths.
- We think of our eyes as video cameras and our brains as blank tapes to be filled with sensory inputs.
- Flawed as they may be, science and the secular Enlightenment values expressed in Western democracies are our best hope for survival.
- We do not just blindly concede control to authorities; instead we follow the cues provided by our moral communities on how best to behave.
- The case for exploiting animals for food, clothing and entertainment often relies on our superior intelligence, language and self-awareness: the rights of the superior being…
- As a social primate species, we modulate our morals with signals from family, friends and social groups with whom we identify because in our evolutionary…
- The natural inclination in all humans is to posit a force, a spirit, outside of us. That tendency toward superstitious magical thinking is just built…
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- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes
- What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. — Aristotle
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
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