--- title: "9 Moral Decision Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Moral Decision quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Moral Decision sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd3/salman-rushdie-153_character_a-photograph-is-a-moral-decision-taken-i_3107309.jpg" --- > [A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/a-photograph-is-a-moral-decision-taken-in-one-eighth-of-a-second/) [Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd3/salman-rushdie-153_character_a-photograph-is-a-moral-decision-taken-i_3107309.jpg) > [The nature of morality must be considered, and preferably before one is exposed to situations where a moral decision is required.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/the-nature-of-morality-must-be-considered-and-preferably-before-one/) [Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a04/brandon-sanderson-112_character_the-nature-of-morality-must-be-considere_1274154.jpg) > [Very ancient parts of the brain are involved in moral decision making.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frans-de-waal/very-ancient-parts-of-the-brain-are-involved-in-moral-decision-making/) [Frans de Waal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frans-de-waal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0e/frans-de-waal-2997_ancient_very-ancient-parts-of-the-brain-are-invo_2282754.png) > [Religion attacks us in our deepest integrity by saying we wouldn't be able to make a moral decision without it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/religion-attacks-us-in-our-deepest-integrity-by-saying-we-wouldn-t-be/) [Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/767/christopher-hitchens-117_able_religion-attacks-us-in-our-deepest-integ_599042.jpg) > [Abstractions about right and wrong, whether they are as old as Thou Shalt Not Kill or as modern as Do Your Own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/abstractions-about-right-and-wrong-whether-they-are-as-old-as-thou/) [Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b65/ursula-k-le-guin-138_abstraction_abstractions-about-right-and-wrong-wheth_189156.jpg) > [What keeps me level is the refusal to let the best of human aspirations die in the face of the challenges. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-hawthorne-deming/what-keeps-me-level-is-the-refusal-to-let-the-best-of-human/) [Alison Hawthorne Deming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-hawthorne-deming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d78/alison-hawthorne-deming-11586_aspiration_what-keeps-me-level-is-the-refusal-to-le_261819.png) > [Standing alone among great democratic nations in imposing the death penalty is another moral decision that Americansare being forced to confront.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/standing-alone-among-great-democratic-nations-in-imposing-the-death/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22c/jimmy-carter-479_death_standing-alone-among-great-democratic-na_1342494.jpg) > [“I had to make a moral decision. If you are proposing to commit a sin it is as well to commit it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-james-2/i-had-to-make-a-moral-decision-if-you-are-proposing-to-commit-a-sin/) [P.D. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-james-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/164/p-d-james-7898_quote_i-had-to-make-a-moral-decision-if-you-ar_2083520.jpg) > [“Though designing the house in which modern rational choice/utility/decision theory would inhabit, it is not clear that Ramsey would have chosen to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheryl-misak/though-designing-the-house-in-which-modern-rational-choice-utility/) [Cheryl Misak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheryl-misak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0df/cheryl-misak-136649_equality_though-designing-the-house-in-which-mode_599824.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moral-decision/#itemlist", "name": "Moral Decision Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second.", 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"item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Religion attacks us in our deepest integrity by saying we wouldn't be able to make a moral decision without it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Christopher Hitchens" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/religion-attacks-us-in-our-deepest-integrity-by-saying-we-wouldn-t-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/767/christopher-hitchens-117_able_religion-attacks-us-in-our-deepest-integ_599042.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/767/christopher-hitchens-117_able_religion-attacks-us-in-our-deepest-integ_599042.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/767/christopher-hitchens-117_able_religion-attacks-us-in-our-deepest-integ_599042.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Religion attacks us in our deepest integrity by saying we wouldn't be able to make a moral decision without…” — Christopher Hitchens", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { 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I make a moral decision to be hopeful.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alison Hawthorne Deming" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-hawthorne-deming/what-keeps-me-level-is-the-refusal-to-let-the-best-of-human/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d78/alison-hawthorne-deming-11586_aspiration_what-keeps-me-level-is-the-refusal-to-le_261819.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d78/alison-hawthorne-deming-11586_aspiration_what-keeps-me-level-is-the-refusal-to-le_261819.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d78/alison-hawthorne-deming-11586_aspiration_what-keeps-me-level-is-the-refusal-to-le_261819.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What keeps me level is the refusal to let the best of human aspirations die in the face of the challenges. 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