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Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.

Ethics, politics and psychology are all far more difficult to understand now that we know the depths to which human nature can sink.

Very ancient parts of the brain are involved in moral decision making.

Once you touch the biographies of human beings, the notion that political beliefs are logically determined collapses like a pricked balloon.

Wonder is that possession of the mind that enchants the emotions while never surrendering reason. It is a grasp on reality that does not need constant high points in order to be maintained, nor is it made vulnerable by the low points of life's struggle.

As for morality, well that's all tied up with the question of consciousness.

The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.

It's awfully hard to get into the head of a liberal. Instead of logic and reason, they are drawn to emotions and feelings.

To put it bluntly, American political opportunities are heavily loaded against those who are simultaneously intelligent and honest.

I think that unless you can take judgments of right and wrong like an automaton, you must have emotions because that is our only way of moral guidance.