"In argument about moral problems, relativism is the first refuge of the scoundrel."

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Source : Roger Scruton (2012). “Modern Philosophy: An Introduction and Survey”, p.42, A&C Black

Roger Scruton

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“If your blood is formed from eating the foods I teach [fruits and green-leaf vegetables] your soul will shout for joy and triumph over all misery of life. For the first time you will feel a vibration of vitality through your body (like a slight electric current) that shakes you delightfully.”
“I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial; but, if ever I should, it will then be known how far I can reduce to practice principles which I know to be founded in truth.”

Source : "James Otis: Against Writs of Assistance". James Otis' speech (February 1761), as quoted in William Tudor "James Otis's Speech on the Writs of Assistance", books.google.com. 1906.
“Certainly, anyone whom I've witnessed, who has gone through something horrible and life-changing, has a sense of ironic humor, or an ability to look at the peculiarities of the world and find humor in it.”

Source : "Christopher Heyerdahl Talks HELL ON WHEELS and THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 1". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 28, 2011.
“It was post war. It was very gray, very dreary. Everything was still rationed when I first saw the United States in 1951. I went over to visit my sister who was a war bride.”
“The human mind is a fearful instrument of adaptation, and in nothing is this more clearly shown than in its mysterious powers of resilience, self-protection, and self-healing. Unless an event completely shatters the order of one's life, the mind, if it has youth and health and time enough, accepts the inevitable and gets itself ready for the next happening like a grimly dutiful American tourist who, on arriving at a new town, looks around him, takes his bearings, and says, "Well, where do I go from here?”
“After all the fertile land in the immediate neighbourhood of the first settlers were cultivated, if capital and population increased, more food would be required, and it could only be procured from land not so advantageously situated.”
“I enjoy doing everything, comedy and drama. I just look for the characters really and what they offer.”

Source : "Talking With Chiwetel Ejiofor". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. April 1, 2008.
“If you think that moral reasoning is something we do to figure out the truth, youâ€™ll be constantly frustrated by how foolish, biased, and illogical people become when they disagree with you.”

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