I would almost consider myself a canonical child of Generation X... because I think there is an ethic and aesthetic that goes… — Mark Pesce Copy Share Image
Mr. J.S. Mill speaks, in his celebrated work, "Utilitarianism," of the social feelings as a "powerful natural sentiment," and as "the natural… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“Crossing your fingers, Neville? Knocking on wood? He ignored that, beginning to suspect his mind of harboring an alien. Once he might… — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
“At this point, I can no longer avoid setting out, in an initial, provisional statement, my own hypothesis about the origin of… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Many a man renounces morals, but with great difficulty the conception, 'morality.' Morality is the 'idea' of morals, their intellectual power, their… — Max Stirner Copy Share Image
When war is waged, it is for the purpose of safeguarding or increasing one's capacity to make war. International politics are wholly… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
In all determinations of morality, this circumstance of public utility is ever principally in view; and wherever disputes arise, either in philosophy… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“We've also evolved the ability to simply 'pay it forward': I help you, somebody else will help me. I remember hearing a… — Greg Epstein Copy Share Image
If a society takes it upon itself to prescribe and proscribe certain streams of belief - to prohibit certain less-favored strains of… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
“A standing prick hath no conscience. And if that standing prick is attached to Bruce Robertson then it hath less than no… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
It is curious that we pay statesmen for what they say, not for what they do; and judge of them from what… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“It is my conviction that, with the spread of true scientific culture, whatever may be the medium, historical, philological, philosophical, or physical,… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
There is indeed a certain sense of gratification when we do a good deed that gives us inward satisfaction, and a generous… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The only answer in these modern times, as in all other times, is the blood of Christ. When our conscience rises up… — John Piper Copy Share Image
In every case, we ought to act that part towards another, which we would judge to be right in him to act… — Thomas Reid Copy Share Image
“I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
... the friendship of worthless people has a bad effect (because they take part, unstable as they are, in worthless pursuits, and… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
At the heart of our public morality is the idea that he who gives generously is most virtuous and morally praiseworthy; that… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
When the study of the household (ecology) and the management of the household (economics) can be merged, and when ethics can be… — Eugene Odum Copy Share Image
“I know that market value is a repulsive accounting of somebody’s worth, and many of us would be unable to put a… — Jessica Pierce Copy Share Image
What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become colorless.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Congratulations. You have met your conscience. In my experience, the world is divided between those who have one and those who don't.… — Jean Ferris Copy Share Image
Obviously, I believe that to pursue the American Dream is not only futile but self-destructive because ultimately it destroys everything and everyone… — Hubert Selby, Jr Copy Share Image
“Therefore I permit every man to hold either of these opinions, as he chooses. My one concern at present is to remove… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“No life can be free from the storms of adversity unless that family and that home are built on foundations of morality,… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
All mankind lives and each man strives by codes of conduct mutually agreed. Perhaps these codes are good, perhaps theyre bad, its… — L Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
“Observe the difference between your attitude to illusions and mine. You have to defend the religious illusion with all your might. If… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
They have no consciousness therefore. Therefore what? Therefore we are free to use them for our own ends? Therefore we are free… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
