6 November

This is the sort of ‘moral’ thinking that seems pretty common. I think it’s rubbish. Any categorical statement will turn out to be untrue, in some important ways, morality for me is not blanket righteousness of any kind. For example, there are profoundly moral reasons to lie. But I think we lack the thinking skills to really embrace the case-specific events in our lives, so we fall back on these greeting card absolutes.