Being a good neighbour is about compassion, which is as warm-blooded as justice is cool-headed.

Society needs both justice and compassion, a head and a heart, if it is to be civilised.

Wellbeing is a notion that entails our values about the good life, and questions of values are not ultimately scientific questions.

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.

If we find it hard to believe that winning millions might not be so lucky after all, we just don't have a good enough imagination. If I fantasise about winning the lottery, it doesn't take long before all sorts of worrisome potential consequences occur to me.

Being virtuous is wonderful thing, but feeling virtuous is a shortcut to vice.