Too often, complaint is not about principled objection on moral grounds, but opportunistic objection on grounds of self-interest. … - Julian Baggini

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Courage is like a strain of yoghurt culture, if you have some you can have some more.

Julian Baggini

Too often, complaint is not about principled objection on moral grounds, but opportunistic objection on grounds of self-interest. To rectify this, we need to work on mastering the art of complaint.

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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.

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No one who has understood even a fraction of what science has told us about the universe can fail to be in awe of both the cosmos and of science.

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I am very Aristotelian in approach - not in detail - so I always find I'm saying things that get people frustrated like 'It's a matter of balance and judgement'. To a lot of philosophers these are terrible words because they're admitting of vagueness and uncertainty. The more I've done philosophy, the more I've become convinced that that is the way it is.

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No one has ever understood anything better by assuming that there is no reason for why it is the way it is.

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There's less than one percent of the population of Iowa that is African American. There is probably less than four of five percent that are minorities. What is in Washington? So look, it goes back to what you start off with, what you're dealing with.

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