Secular humanism is avowedly non-religious. It is a eupraxsophy (good practical wisdom), which draws its basic principles and ethical values from science,… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
In response to criticism of its treatment of killer whales, Sea World said it will build them a larger habitat. When asked… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
A warrior takes responsibility for his acts, for the most trivial of acts. An average man acts out his thoughts, and never… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
We may conclude, therefore, that, in order to establish laws for the regulation of property, we must be acquainted with the nature… — David Hume Copy Share Image
equally real at all stages of his life; specifically, the fact that a particular stage is present cannot be regarded as conferring… — Thomas Nagel Copy Share Image
At the heart of Christian ethic is humility; at the heart of its parodies, pride. Different roads with different destinations, and the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All of the artists that I've worked with have an incredible work ethic. And Madonna has the best work ethic of them… — Paul Oakenfold Copy Share Image
Destiny is a lie. Destiny is justification for atrocity. It is the means by which murderers armour themselves against reprimand. It is… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“There are no buts, my son. True there are degrees of honor — but one man can have only one code. Do… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
Your conscience is like the nerve endings in your fingertips. Its sensitivity to external stimuli can be damaged by the buildup of… — John Macarthur Copy Share Image
There may be an art to conversation, and some are better at it than others, but conversation's virtue lies in randomness and… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
“5:3 Do Not Wither within Your Area of Expertise ... But the lawyer must not allow the client to make a decision… — Peter Siviglia Copy Share Image
Unless I am convicted by Scripture and plain reason-I do not accept the authority of popes and councils, for they have contradicted… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“We talk about society because we want to align ourselves with a chosen group, to signal that alignment to others, and to… — Michael Huemer Copy Share Image
Raymond Aron ascribes to Weber the view that 'each man's conscience is irrefutable.' ... while [Weber] holds that an agent may be… — Alasdair MacIntyre Copy Share Image
“I should say that there ought to be no war except religious war. If war is irreligious, it is immoral. No man… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. Look around at how people want to get more… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“The theater in which God has chosen to meet rational creatures quietly is the inward realm of conscience, moral reasoning, prayer, and… — Thomas C. Oden Copy Share Image
American art in general... takes to surreal exaggerations and metaphors; but its Puritan work ethic has little use for the playful self-indulgence… — John Updike Copy Share Image
It is time that the great center of our people, who reject the violence and unreasonableness of both the extreme right and… — Margaret Chase Smith Copy Share Image
For this equilibrium now in sight, let us trust that mankind, as it has occurred in the greatest periods of its past,… — Albert Claude Copy Share Image
Music, for centuries and centuries, was used to teach everything. It was used to teach language, mathematics, history. The news was music.… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing . . . Long may our land be bright,… — Samuel Francis Smith Copy Share Image
I'm always working on something. Addiction never gets any credit, always talked about as a total liability, and I'll admit that most… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
“With its continued dismissal of the law of God in ethics, Fundamentalism expressed both a "spiritualized" form of situational ethics and a… — Greg L. Bahnsen Copy Share Image
You know the puritan ethic that started out four centuries ago in this country, needless to say - at least for the… — James Young Copy Share Image
“[L]uxury always comes at someone else’s expense. One of the many advantages of civilization is that one doesn’t generally have to see… — Anne Leckie Copy Share Image
“A hero sacrifices for the greater good. A hero is true to his or her conscience. In short, heroism means doing the… — Brandon Mull Copy Share Image
“The difficulty was not that of following a moral principle at personal cost; the difficulty was that of knowing what to do… — Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
Whether I'm reading a national publication or one of my local Chicago newspapers, I don't need to turn too many pages before… — Mike Quigley Copy Share Image
There are seven things that will destroy us, Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Religion without sacrifice, Politics without… — Coldheart Copy Share Image
Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life. This is what gives me the fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
In the relations of man with the animals, with the flowers, with all the objects of creation, there is a whole great… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“I almost wish I hadn't any conscience, it's so inconvenient. If I didn't care about doing right, and didn't feel uncomfortable when… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Under my contract with the American voter, we are proposing a series of ethics reforms on day one to end government corruption.… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“The Christian notion of conscience imperatively demands a corresponding measure of personal liberty. The feeling of duty and responsibility to God is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are two principles of established acceptance in morals; first, that self-interest is the mainspring of all of our actions, and secondly,… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“Not learning how to read is not another style of literacy, and not learning to see others as ends in themselves is… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Work ethic and this determination is all part of escaping the depressive side. Of course I'm manic depressive, maybe not to the… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
“Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off the relish for spiritual… — Kay Warren Copy Share Image
![“Raymond Aron ascribes to Weber the view that 'each man's conscience is irrefutable.' ... while [Weber] holds that an agent may be more or less rational in acting consistently with his values, the choice of any one particular evaluative stance or commitment can be no more rational than any other…” quote by Alasdair MacIntyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ce/alasdair-macintyre-14695_acting_raymond-aron-ascribes-to-weber-the-view_1826640.jpg)
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