What did Julian Baggini mean by: Atheists should point out that life without God can be meaningful, moral and happy. - Julian Baggini Copy
Being a good neighbour is about compassion, which is as warm-blooded as justice is cool-headed. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Julian Baggini, Compassion, Justice, Neighbour, 0 - Julian Baggini
Society needs both justice and compassion, a head and a heart, if it is to be civilised. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Julian Baggini, Compassion, Heart, Justice, 0 - Julian Baggini
There is such a thing as fanaticism, it is always wrong, and if you disagree, you’re wrong too. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Julian Baggini, Disagreement, 0 - Julian Baggini
Indeed, without emotion it seems unlikely we can even have morality. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Julian Baggini, Emotion, Morality, Unlikely, 0 - Julian Baggini
We do wrong willfully when we fail to think hard about whether what we’re doing is right. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Julian Baggini, Failing, Hard, 0 - Julian Baggini
Being virtuous is wonderful thing, but feeling virtuous is a shortcut to vice. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Julian Baggini, Feelings, Shortcuts, Vices, 0 - Julian Baggini
Morality is more than possible without God, it is entirely independent of him. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Julian Baggini, Independent, Morality, Without God, 0 - Julian Baggini
Love is indeed at root the product of the firings of neurons and release of hormones. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Julian Baggini, Love, Roots, 0 - Julian Baggini
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The laws of art are eternal and don’t change at all, as the moral laws don’t change in human beings. - Max Beckmann Painter · Germany
If thou beest ever so exact in thy morals, and not a worshiper of God, then thou art an atheist. - William Gurnall Clergyman · England
The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God. Explain - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
The less reasonable a cult is, the more men seek to establish it by force. - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau Poet · France
All kinds of frankness and honesty are terrible crimes in the eyes of society. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Christ preaches only servitude and dependence… True Christians are made to be slaves. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
The truth is that there is no terror untempered by some great moral idea. Explain - Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
