"No matter how convinced we are that someone……" — Julian Baggini
"No matter how convinced we are that someone is nasty, evil or just plain criminal, if they have not been convicted of any crime and support views that are upheld and defended by many law-abiding citizens, the only way to tackle them is through democratic debate."
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110 Quotes by Julian Baggini
Julian Baggini has 110 quotes on this site.
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Morality is more than possible without God, it is entirely independent of him.
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I am only me for practical purposes.
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Truth and Truthfulness is an ambitious work, and its journeys into history give it a breadth unusual in these days…
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Even if we can agree that some things are natural and some are not, what follows from this? The answer…
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Instead of showing strangers kindness and giving them the benefit of the doubt, we increasingly show them only fear, and…
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Justice can only be dispensed when you have all the facts in front of you.
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Love is indeed, at root, the product of the firings of neurons and release of hormones.
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No one who has understood even a fraction of what science has told us about the universe can fail to…
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Society needs both justice and compassion, a head and a heart, if it is to be civilised.
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I don't feel proprietorial about the problems of philosophy. History has taught us that many philosophical issues can grow up,…
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There are many things you shouldn't measure. Don't, for example, try to measure how much you love your wife!
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