Impact Quote by Julian Baggini Download Open image “Right and wrong are not simply matters of evolutionary impacts and what is natural.” — Julian Baggini ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Impact Matter Natural Right and wrong
Nature is very rarely right, to such an extent even, that it might almost be said that nature is usually wrong... — James Whistler Copy Share Image
The great thing about being the only species that makes a distinction between right and wrong is that we can make up the rules… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
I think from my point of view - I won't say it doesn't matter whether [Darwinian explanations] are right or wrong, it's just sufficient… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
We are all creatures of our ancestry! There is no right and wrong, objectively. — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
Human nature is not totally fixed, but on any realistic scale, evolutionary processes are much too slow to affect it. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There's a reason evolution is a hot-button issue. It's not just a matter of science, either. It's a matter of the big questions in… — Frank Peretti Copy Share Image
Where we find wrongs done to animals, it is no excuse to say that more important wrongs are done to human beings, and let… — Matthew Scully 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
It's very nice to be a rebel saying, 'I stand on my principles,' but if in fact that's not going to have any impact… — Dominic Grieve Copy Share Image
Movies have power. Power to impact society and the choices we make. I want to entertain, but I also want to say something to… — Gina Prince-Bythewood Copy Share Image
Much of what I saw in Geneva really disillusioned me about how my government functions and what its impact is in the world. I… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I'm proud to stand with U.S. Impact Team in their initiative to create harmony. — Angela Stanton-King Copy Share Image
When I first heard that a comet was going to hit Jupiter, my reaction was, 'Eh. So what? Jupiter's huge. Comets are small. And… — Heidi Hammel Copy Share Image
Curiously, the righteous Pharisees had little historical impact, save for a brief time in a remote corner of the Roman Empire. But Jesus' disciples… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
He brought a sensibility and a hard-edged reasonableness to operating restaurants that had a lasting impact on me and still affects how I run… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
A social impact bond is a new way of bringing financing into social and environmental support issues. — Judith Rodin Copy Share Image
If a financial institution has business operations in the United States, hires people in the United States, if they are clogged with illiquid assets,… — Henry Paulson Copy Share Image
I wanted to make a place for filmmakers and artists to come and 'do their stuff,' but I didn't expect it to have had… — Tom Anderson Copy Share Image
In open source, you really have to be near the watershed to have an impact on the source code. Customers want to be near… — Peter Fenton Copy Share Image
The pace of global warming is accelerating and the scale of the impact is devastating. The time for action is limited - we are… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
