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Julian Baggini Quotes

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 with serious objections properly Picture Quote #1

Metaphorical tone deafness is when people are unable to discern what is of value in something. I think I’m tone deaf to poetry, for instance. Despite having studied it into a second year of university, most of it just leaves me cold Picture Quote #1

Progress is more of a challenge for the cynic but also more important and urgent, since for the optimist things aren’t that bad and are bound to get better anyway Picture Quote #1

The capacity to make free choices is not something we either have entirely or not at all. Rather, choices become freer the more they are the result of our own capacity to reflect on and assess facts and arguments Picture Quote #1

The simplest and clearest motivation for taking animal welfare seriously is the recognition that pain is in and of itself a bad thing, and that to inflict significant amounts of it unnecessarily is wrong Picture Quote #1

True virtue would never liken its rewards to points on a loyalty card, not because it is its own reward, but because it is not something we should practice to accrue future benefits Picture Quote #1

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Whatever your religious persuasion, if you believe that that the universe is governed by benign forces, at some point you have to explain why there is so much suffering, misfortune and misery in the world Picture Quote #1

Christmas is a rare occasion when we are reminded that we have obligations to people we did not choose to be related to, and that love is not just a spontaneous feeling but something we sometimes really have to work at, with people we may not even much like Picture Quote #1

Perhaps the biggest myth about cynicism is that it deepens with age. I think what really happens is that experience painfully rips away layers of scales from our eyes, and so we do indeed become more cynical about many of the things we naively accepted when younger Picture Quote #1

The mark of a mature, psychologically healthy mind is indeed the ability to live with uncertainty and ambiguity, but only as much as there really is. Uncertainty is no virtue when the facts are clear, and ambiguity is mere obfuscation when more precise terms are applicable Picture Quote #1

I maintain the importance of an absolute prohibition against torture, while acknowledging that even absolute prohibitions can sometimes be broken. If that is a contradiction, it is a contradiction that ethics has to embrace, or else it becomes like glass: hard, clear, but fatally inflexible Picture Quote #1

If we find it hard to believe that winning millions might not be so lucky after all, we just don’t have a good enough imagination. If I fantasise about winning the lottery, it doesn’t take long before all sorts of worrisome potential consequences occur to me Picture Quote #1

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Science works because the phenomenon being described can be relied on to remain the same. Even in quantum physics, where phenomena are changed by observation, the way in which observation interferes is regular and falls within a limited range of possibilities. Human culture, however, has the nasty habit of never staying the same for very long Picture Quote #1

There are many things you shouldn’t measure. Don’t, for example, try to measure how much you love your wife! Picture Quote #1

If philosophy is to be a valuable part of life, we have to appreciate it for its own sake, and not just for what it’s done for us lately Picture Quote #1

Cooking can be rewarding when it is a choice and no longer the onerous duty of the housewife, and when a dishwasher can lighten the load at the other end of the process Picture Quote #1

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 you tell them, clearly and civility, why you think they are totally, utterly and disastrously wrong Picture Quote #1

Untested assumptions and lazy habits of thought can be shown up, once put in a spotlight of a different hue Picture Quote #1

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The very act of questioning whether you exist proves you do, because you must be there for the doubt to be entertained in the first place Picture Quote #1

Stress means something different if it is the result of rewarding work rather than struggling to keep the family out of debt Picture Quote #1

Seek first what is true and of value, and then whatever happiness follows will be of the appropriate quantity and, more importantly, quality Picture Quote #1

It’s not leftovers that are wasteful, but those who either don’t know what to do with them or can’t be bothered Picture Quote #1

It is true that legality is not morality, and sticking to the law is necessary for good citizenship, but it is not sufficient Picture Quote #1

If we now find ourselves looking down on the cheap and convenient, it is only because we now have better things which are affordable Picture Quote #1

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From time to time, it is worth wandering around the fuzzy border regions of what you do, if only to remind yourself that no human activity is an island Picture Quote #1

Happiness is not the same as life satisfaction, while neither are identical to what we might call flourishing Picture Quote #1

As a teenager, I increasingly had questions about religion to which I found no good answers Picture Quote #1

Accepting that the world is full of uncertainty and ambiguity does not and should not stop people from being pretty sure about a lot of things Picture Quote #1

Nature deals the cards without thought or care, and there is no point in blaming the dealer. All we can do is make the best of the hands we have been dealt Picture Quote #1

The truly humble feel the ground beneath their feet every day and do not only become aware of it when held aloft or pushed down to their knees Picture Quote #1

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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 with serious objections properly (Julian Baggini Quotes) Metaphorical tone deafness is when people are unable to discern what is of value in something. I think I’m tone deaf to poetry, for instance. Despite having studied it into a second year of university, most of it just leaves me cold (Julian Baggini Quotes) Progress is more of a challenge for the cynic but also more important and urgent, since for the optimist things aren’t that bad and are bound to get better anyway (Julian Baggini Quotes) The capacity to make free choices is not something we either have entirely or not at all. Rather, choices become freer the more they are the result of our own capacity to reflect on and assess facts and arguments (Julian Baggini Quotes) The simplest and clearest motivation for taking animal welfare seriously is the recognition that pain is in and of itself a bad thing, and that to inflict significant amounts of it unnecessarily is wrong (Julian Baggini Quotes) True virtue would never liken its rewards to points on a loyalty card, not because it is its own reward, but because it is not something we should practice to accrue future benefits (Julian Baggini Quotes) Whatever your religious persuasion, if you believe that that the universe is governed by benign forces, at some point you have to explain why there is so much suffering, misfortune and misery in the world (Julian Baggini Quotes) Christmas is a rare occasion when we are reminded that we have obligations to people we did not choose to be related to, and that love is not just a spontaneous feeling but something we sometimes really have to work at, with people we may not even much like (Julian Baggini Quotes) Perhaps the biggest myth about cynicism is that it deepens with age. I think what really happens is that experience painfully rips away layers of scales from our eyes, and so we do indeed become more cynical about many of the things we naively accepted when younger (Julian Baggini Quotes) The mark of a mature, psychologically healthy mind is indeed the ability to live with uncertainty and ambiguity, but only as much as there really is. Uncertainty is no virtue when the facts are clear, and ambiguity is mere obfuscation when more precise terms are applicable (Julian Baggini Quotes) I maintain the importance of an absolute prohibition against torture, while acknowledging that even absolute prohibitions can sometimes be broken. If that is a contradiction, it is a contradiction that ethics has to embrace, or else it becomes like glass: hard, clear, but fatally inflexible (Julian Baggini Quotes) If we find it hard to believe that winning millions might not be so lucky after all, we just don’t have a good enough imagination. If I fantasise about winning the lottery, it doesn’t take long before all sorts of worrisome potential consequences occur to me (Julian Baggini Quotes) Science works because the phenomenon being described can be relied on to remain the same. Even in quantum physics, where phenomena are changed by observation, the way in which observation interferes is regular and falls within a limited range of possibilities. Human culture, however, has the nasty habit of never staying the same for very long (Julian Baggini Quotes) There are many things you shouldn’t measure. Don’t, for example, try to measure how much you love your wife! (Julian Baggini Quotes) If philosophy is to be a valuable part of life, we have to appreciate it for its own sake, and not just for what it’s done for us lately (Julian Baggini Quotes) Cooking can be rewarding when it is a choice and no longer the onerous duty of the housewife, and when a dishwasher can lighten the load at the other end of the process (Julian Baggini Quotes) 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 you tell them, clearly and civility, why you think they are totally, utterly and disastrously wrong (Julian Baggini Quotes) Untested assumptions and lazy habits of thought can be shown up, once put in a spotlight of a different hue (Julian Baggini Quotes) The very act of questioning whether you exist proves you do, because you must be there for the doubt to be entertained in the first place (Julian Baggini Quotes) Stress means something different if it is the result of rewarding work rather than struggling to keep the family out of debt (Julian Baggini Quotes) Seek first what is true and of value, and then whatever happiness follows will be of the appropriate quantity and, more importantly, quality (Julian Baggini Quotes) It’s not leftovers that are wasteful, but those who either don’t know what to do with them or can’t be bothered (Julian Baggini Quotes) It is true that legality is not morality, and sticking to the law is necessary for good citizenship, but it is not sufficient (Julian Baggini Quotes) If we now find ourselves looking down on the cheap and convenient, it is only because we now have better things which are affordable (Julian Baggini Quotes) From time to time, it is worth wandering around the fuzzy border regions of what you do, if only to remind yourself that no human activity is an island (Julian Baggini Quotes) Happiness is not the same as life satisfaction, while neither are identical to what we might call flourishing (Julian Baggini Quotes) As a teenager, I increasingly had questions about religion to which I found no good answers (Julian Baggini Quotes) Accepting that the world is full of uncertainty and ambiguity does not and should not stop people from being pretty sure about a lot of things (Julian Baggini Quotes) Nature deals the cards without thought or care, and there is no point in blaming the dealer. All we can do is make the best of the hands we have been dealt (Julian Baggini Quotes) The truly humble feel the ground beneath their feet every day and do not only become aware of it when held aloft or pushed down to their knees (Julian Baggini Quotes)

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