All he wants is a quiet life and a minimum of drama. However that doesn't mean that he lacks interest in the problems and dilemmas of life. Primarily, he is a man of faith who believes in right and wrong, good and evil and some divine order overseeing human affairs. Which means that he also believes that life should make sense - that things should add up - that good should triumph and evil should be thwarted. But that's rarely how it looks from ground level...