It is both theoretically mistaken and morally wrong to regard others as objects of investigation rather than partners in free rational communication..

Since the Enlightenment, popular religion has rejected the Enlightenment path and transformed itself into a bastion of resistance against reason..

We usually can't know how, and we probably should not even ask, how our lives contribute to a better world..

Those who see Smith as a defender of capitalism - as it existed in Marx's day, or as it exists today - show above all that they are not living in the….

I think the term "Kantian constructivism" as an oxymoron. Kant was a constructivist about mathematics, but not about ethics..

Descartes recommended that we distrust the senses and rely on the ... use of our intellect..

Consequentialist theories begin with a very simple and undoubtedly valid point: Every action aims at a future end, and is seen as a means to it..

Capitalism now seems more likely a swamp, a bog, a quicksand in which humanity is presently flailing about, unable to extricate itself, perhaps doome….

In general, those who defend capitalism are basically out of touch with reality..

Adam Smith saw the greed of modern capitalism for what it was - a form of destructive ambition that may have favorable effects on the productive capa….

Capitalism has proven to be a far more terrible system than Marx could ever bring himself to imagine. Those who are so deluded as to find something g….

It is sad to witness the persistence in our society of the racism and xenophobia that seems to be a permanent part of our political culture. It is sh….

Our procedures of deliberation are not ways of finding out independent moral truths but instead ways of "constructing" these truths, in the process o….

People are often most proud of precisely those things of which they should most be ashamed..

The picture of Kant as the 'theological Robespierre' or the "world-crusher" was first suggested by someone with whom Kant stood in a relation of phil….

When consequentialist theories are developed in terms of an equally shallow psychology of the good - such as a crude form of hedonism - the results c….

People who enjoy the privileges of success must use these privileges to benefit those who do not have them. These privileges constitute a deep hole t….

It is a cause of shame to any member of the human race to be a member of the same species some of whose members could vote for any candidate for pres….

It has taken me a long time to realize where I most disagree with Marx. His assessment of capitalism is far too favorable. He took its instability, i….

Kant's treatments of rational theology and metaphysics were aimed primarily at theoretical questions. His attitude toward the pseudo-sciences of "spe….

Kant considers belief in God and immortality to be items of "faith" because he relates faith to the pursuit of ends - in this case, the highest good..