Most people understand that sexual lust has to do with propagating genes. Copulation in nature tends to lead to reproduction and so… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Do you know that my personal crusade in life (in the philosophical sense) is not merely to fight collectivism, nor to fight… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Namely, if I am challenging the base of all these institutions, I'm challenging the moral code of altruism. The precept that man's… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
People who criticize The Selfish Gene like that often haven't read it. The selfish gene accounts for altruism toward kin and individuals… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“...No man is foolish when his friend betrays him because a man’s world is most serene when he has people to trust… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“Properly speaking, altruism is an absurdity. Women are self-sacrificing in direct proportion to their incapacity to offer anything but this sacrifice. They… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
Loyalty cannot be too liberally insisted upon. Altruism in nature remains an exception. It poses a puzzle, being in prima facie conflict… — Peter Birks Copy Share Image
Religion creates community, community creates altruism and altruism turns us away from self and towards the common good... There is something about… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
“Remember these, Sons! Truth presented with tenderness enriches the soul of man and enhances humanity in the process. A Franco-Cameroonian relation based… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“The good shall prevail in the end, the truth shall be the rule and the Cameroonian soul shall be free,” Hans said… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell - and hell heaven.… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
A gene might be able to assist replicas of itself that are sitting in other bodies. If so, this would appear as… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Effective altruism is a philosophy and social movement which tries to work out the most effective ways to improve the world. Effective… — Jens Martin Skibsted Copy Share Image
Social Science … led us to the fallacy that, since all men have their being in culture and as a result of… — David Riesman Copy Share Image
Chronically insecure people easily lose their altruism, tolerance, and respect for non-conformity. If they have no alternative on offer, they can be… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
Britain, relative to the U.S., is a highly secular society. Philanthropy alone cannot fill the gap left by government cutbacks. And the… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
There is a whole field of inquiry that has come up in the last 30 or 40 years - some call it… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“...only the dreamers of a dream are capable of translating their dreams into worthy practical endeavors that are devoid of haunting errors.… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
