The power of emotions as drivers of behaviour, especially when survival is perceived as being at stake, needs to be recognised and taken into account… - Nayef Al-Rodhan

Morally relevant emotions are essential for living in social groups and they provide the basis on which we may construct conceptual frameworks that help guide our actions, but human beings should more accurately be thought of as being endowed with morally relevant capacities rather than innate moral knowledge.

What makes our existence meaningful is highly subjective and ultimately determined by sustainable neurochemical gratification.

Security, stability and prosperity will depend on the application of the multi-sum security principle that captures the multi-dimensional aspects of security and insists on the centrality of global justice for lasting security.