You know, I've taught philosophy for years and one argues in the hypothetical all the time.

I've got a life, you know, take me in the totality of my actions and I'll tell you, I will stand with my record.

The causes of crime are very complicated. But there is a very big literature, as you know, about single parenthood in crime, about race in crime, and about poverty in crime.

I was putting forward a hypothetical proposition ... and then said about it, it was morally reprehensible to recommend abortion of an entire group of people.

If you can take my tax money and assure me that it'll go to the right purpose, that it will help the poor, then fine. But I'm not sure a lot of it does. In fact, I know a lot of it doesn't.

Yes, and imagine a world where there were no hypothetical situations.