What Counts As Rational Argumentation Is As

Open-mindedness Should Not Be Fostered Because, As Scripture Teaches, Truth Is Great And Will Prevail, Nor Because, As Milton Suggests, Truth Will Always Win In A Free And Open Encounter. It Should Be Fostered For Its Own Sake.

To Abjure The Notion Of The Truly Human Is To Abjure The Attempt To Divinize The Self As A Replacement For A Divinized World.

I Think That A Good Left Is A Party That Always Thinks About The Future And Doesn't Care Much About Our Past Sins.

Truthfulness Under Oath Is, By Now, A Matter Of Our Civic Religion, Our Relation To Our Fellow Citizens Rather Than Our Relation To A Nonhuman Power.

My Principal Motive Is The Belief That We Can Still Make Admirable Sense Of Our Lives Even If We Cease To Have... An Ambition Of Transcendence.