Daniel Waterman

Quotes

• “State sponsored medicine and science can function as ideology, inspiring blind commitment, fanatical defensiveness and d...”
• “The so-called spiritual inquiry must necessarily address questions of authority and power since both individuals and the...”
• “The term entheogen proposes a radical inversion of customary attitudes towards religion as faith or as something concern...”
• “It is easier to exploit and manipulate people if they are fearful or confused, (and discouraged from trusting their own ...”
• “Being Jewish did not compromise the humanitarian and universalist ideals of my close relatives who, having experienced p...”
• “Systems of retributive justice work well as long as they are proportional. However, in complex societies, where the Stat...”
• “if we want individuals to take responsibility for their actions we must first establish a rational, effective and empowe...”
• “A significant factor often overlooked by those considering the failure of drug policy is the general aim of deflecting o...”
• “The drug problem’ cannot be understood without a critical examination of the language and narratives of underpinning the...”
• “Moral ideas about what constitutes a meritorious or meaningful use of one’s life and opportunities produce specific atti...”
• “What better way to oppose the monopolisation of truth and meaning than to go in search of their foundations within one’s...”