“There is no morality in war', they said, 'but cannibals never killed more in one day that they could eat. In your… — Marlo Morgan Copy Share Image
“Ethics is [...] the philosophic branch of inquiry which talks about right and wrong, which talks about our moral obligations, which inquires… — Michael Surge Copy Share Image
Every age and every nation has certain characteristic vices, which prevail almost universally, which scarcely any person scruples to avow, and which… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
What Europe owes to the Jews? - Many things, good and bad, and above all one thing of the nature both of… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The problem I see with utilitarianism, or any form of consequentialism, is not that it gets the wrong answers to moral questions.… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
“Since every country stands in numerous and various relations with the other countries of the world, and many, our own among the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There is no method of reasoning more common, and yet none more blameable, than, in philosophical disputes, to endeavour the refutation of… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“O Heavenly Children, do not forget that God is here, there and everywhere. The birds are his eyes and the air is… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
If there's any kind of morality, for me, it's about reality; what is reality? I have a hard time distinguishing what is… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
If man has been kicked up out of that which is only impersonal by chance , then those things that make him… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
He that has not religion to govern his morality, is not a dram better than my mastiff-dog; so long as you stroke… — John Selden Copy Share Image
To have the fear of God before our eyes, and, in our mutual dealings with each other, to govern our actions by… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
The modern view of criminal justice, broadly, is that public concern with morality or expediency decrees expiation for the violation of a… — Max Weber Copy Share Image
Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Evolution has no moral direction. An evolutionary understanding of human nature can explain the differing intuitions we have when we are faced… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Something in the heart of most human beings simply cannot abide pain inflicted on the innocent, especially children. Even broken men serving… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
“Humans do not simply, innocently, and honestly disagree with each other about the good, the just, the right, the principles and applications… — Gregory B. Sadler Copy Share Image
What do Americans know about morality? They don't want their presidents to have penises but they don't mind if their presidents covertly… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“[Joan C. Williams] Food has always been a class code, and since Alice Waters, the way to give an upper-middle class act… — Emily Matchar Copy Share Image
“There are no shortcuts to moral insight. Nature is not intrinsically anything that can offer comfort or solace in human terms --… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
“Rationality belongs to the cool observer, but because of the stupidity of the average man, he follows not reason, but faith, and… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Napoleon, who had an aversion to the moral laxity of the eighteenth century, which he blamed on the domination of society by… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
Most men do not feel in themselves the competence required for leading their group to victory, and therefore seek out a captain… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“There is a common tendency to turn off one's imagination at certain points and refuse to contemplate the possibility of having to… — John Fraser Copy Share Image
But, historians, and even common sense, may inform us, that, however specious these ideas of perfect equality may seem, they are really,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“Can you hold a red-hot iron rod in your hand merely because some one wants you to do so? Then, will it… — Lord Mahāvīra Copy Share Image
“When it is recalled that until the Christian era the underworld was never regardded as a hostile area, that all gods were… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
Raise a child to understand how to relate well with other people, don't raise him to be egocentric. Instill in him the… — Simon Quperlier Copy Share Image
“The Average Occidental- be he a democrat or a Fascist, a Capitalist or a Bolshevik, a manual worker or an intellectual- knows… — Muhammad Asad Copy Share Image
If you do not assume the law of non-contradiction, you have nothing to argue about. If you do not assume the principles… — William J. Murray Copy Share Image
If Congress wants to get involved in the business of morality by allowing a moment of silence in our schools, I support… — Ruth Westheimer Copy Share Image
The prejudice of unfounded belief often degenerates into the prejudice of custom, and becomes at last rank hypocrisy. When men, from custom… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
In every age immorality has found no less support in religion than morality has. If the achievements of religion in respect to… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
“Families start out, most of the time, with unconditional acceptance of one another. That acceptance starts in childhood and continues into adulthood.… — Bart Hopkins Copy Share Image
It's said that prayer can move mountains. Well, it's certainly moved the hearts and minds of Americans in their times of trial… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“The philosophies of men surround us. The face of sin today often wears the mask of tolerance. Do not be deceived; behind… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
Ever since men became capable of free speculation, their actions, in innumerable important respects, have depended upon their theories as to the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
We stand for a living wage. Wages are subnormal if they fail to provide a living for those who devote their time… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The re-interpretation and eventually (sic) eradication of the concept of right and wrong which has been the basis of child training, the… — Brock Chisholm Copy Share Image
“The debauched reign of Tiberius now looks almost irreproachable, the riotous city of ancient Babylon seemingly incorruptible, and the old harems of… — A. H. Septimius Copy Share Image
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