The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest…

Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the service of moral ends.

— Albert Bandura

Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the service of moral ends.…

— Albert Bandura

The Declaration of Independence was to set forth the moral justification of a rebellion against a long-recognized political tradition - the divine right of…

— Ezra Taft Benson

“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

“We have also set up for them an edifying project for a continuous mitigation of their own tyranny, ascribing to them an unshakeable faith…

— Alfred de Vigny

Eroticism has its own moral justification because it says that pleasure is enough for me; it is a statement of the individual's sovereignty.

— Mario Vargas Llosa

“The moral justification of capitalism is man’s right to exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself;…

— Ayn Rand

The moral justification of capitalism does not lie in the altruist claim that it represents the best way to achieve 'the common good.' It…

— Ayn Rand

...eating animals involves an intentional decision to participate in the suffering and death of nonhumans where there is no plausible moral justification.

— Gary L. Francione

Force when aggressively applied is "violence" and is, therefore, morally unjustifiable, but when it is used in the furtherance of a legitimate cause, it…

— Bhagat Singh

“The asshole, by contrast, traffics in and is moved by moral justification—except that moral justification, for him, leads to an entrenched sense of special…

— Aaron James

“Let your mind become a lens, thanks to the converging rays of attention; let your soul be all intent on whatever it is that…

— Cal Newport

I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private…

— Michel de Montaigne

I do not believe that a moral philosophy can ever be founded on a scientific basis. … The valuation of life and all its…

— Albert Einstein

“As part of "moral philosophy," the concept of "natural liberty" clicks easily into place. Man, as an ethical integer, is either free to choose…

— John Chamberlain