Ethical Quotes · Page 15

"Rituals" don't make you righteous, it's uprightness: living up to moral principles and ethical principles, and submitting to universal law established by…

— Louis Farrakhan

Stem cell research must be carried out in an ethical manner in a way that respects the sanctity of human life.

— John Boehner

No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style.

— Oscar Wilde

I am committed to working towards a more transparent, accountable, and ethical federal government worthy of the publics trust.

— Mike Quigley

Food is the rare moral arena in which the ethical choice is generally the one more likely to make you groan with…

— Barbara Kingsolver

Teacher preparation should go beyond the technical preparation of teachers and be rooted in the ethical formation both of selves and of…

— Paulo Freire

“I think ethical ambivalence is a kind of innoculation, a way of excusing yourself in advance for something you actually want to…

— Jennifer Egan

“Perhaps it is time for humanity to realize that noble ends can only be attained through ethical means.”

— Sahar El-Nadi

Even if the most ethical people were elected to high position and we ran out of resources, there would still be lying,…

— Jacque Fresco

I have the strong suspicion that when the brain's greed system is in operation, those parts of the brain that regulate ethical…

— Semir Zeki

What is the relationship between spirituality and ethical practice? Since love and compassion and similar qualities all, by definition, presume some level…

— Dalai Lama

There is nothing divine about morality; it is a purely human affair. If people are good only because they fear punishment, and…

— Albert Einstein

“To have been possessed by something so awful and so alien, and then the next morning wake up from it, remember what…

— James C. Dobson

“An important ethical function of identity politics, in this context, is to highlight that obstacles to the self-development of individuals, and to…

— Michael Kenny

The whole body of what is now called moral or ethical truth existed in the golden age as abstract science. Or, if…

— Henry David Thoreau

I think using animals for food is an ethical thing to do, but we've got to do it right. We've got to…

— Temple Grandin

“Killing a bunch of Jihadis may be morally justified, to save humanity from their wrath, but it won't terminate Jihad for long.…

— Abhijit Naskar

“It is a wonderful quirk of our species that the incentives of social life don’t reward strictly ruthless behavior. Leaders who are…

— Kevin Simler

I want to yell about it most days and stop strangers in the street to share my outrage. But my mind is…

— Robin Beth Schaer

There's a floating distraction in the contemporary world, life at a distance enabled by technology. I want people to commit at the…

— Simon Critchley

Reality is much more complex than any judgment of right and wrong encourages you to believe. When you really understand the ethical,…

— Michael Lerner

If we empower ourselves with responsibility over our actions, responsibility over our destinies and responsibility for directing and maintaining and creating our…

— Stephen Fry

Kantian ethical theory distinguishes three levels: First, that of a fundamental principle (the categorical imperative, formulated in three main ways in Kant's…

— Allen W. Wood

To the extent that we hyper-separate ourselves from nature and reduce it conceptually in order to justify domination, we not only lose…

— Val Plumwood

In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons.

— Mary McCarthy

My work is based on the assumption that clarity and consistency in our moral thinking is likely, in the long run, to…

— Peter Singer

“We would not be ashamed of doing some of the things we do in private, if the number of sane human beings…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.

— Irving Babbitt

I swam. We made it, our team, from the rocks of Cuba to the beach of Florida, in squeaky-clean, ethical fashion.

— Diana Nyad

I'd like to see people, instead of spending so much time on the ethical problem, get after the problems that really affect…

— Richard M. Nixon

My parents did great and provided well, and gave all their kids personal, moral, ethical values, not a belief that we were…

— Bonnie Hammer

The true ethical test is not only the readiness to save the victims, but also - even more, perhaps - the ruthless…

— Slavoj Žižek

No moral code or ethical principle, no piece of scripture or holy teaching, can be summoned to defend what we have allowed…

— Matthew Desmond

An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.

— William James

America's highest economic need is higher ethical standards -- enforced by strict laws and upheld by responsible business leaders.

— George W. Bush

By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.

— Albert Schweitzer

First, perseverance trumps talent. Second, do what you want to do, otherwise why bother? Third, be ethical; it might rub off on…

— Jay Maisel

The most ethical way to deal with an unethical situation would be to simply say: 'We did something wrong.' But nobody in…

— Patti Davis

Why can't the world be like a summer day, when I thought that health care would be an ethical decision and wars…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Argentines must know that any commitment I made is an ethical commitment. We are going to build a solidarity and egalitarian Argentina…

— Alberto Fernandez