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title: "32 Moral Judgments Quotes by 30 authors"
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> [I never make moral judgments; I'm not qualified to do so. I am not a censor, a priest, or a politician.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/federico-fellini/i-never-make-moral-judgments-i-m-not-qualified-to-do-so-i-am-not-a/)

[Federico Fellini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/federico-fellini/)

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> [In all good westerns, the good guy is always a little bit questionable because he kind-of has to make moral judgments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-craig/in-all-good-westerns-the-good-guy-is-always-a-little-bit-questionable/)

[Daniel Craig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-craig/)

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> [What? Nothing to say? No pithy wisdom? No lofty moral judgments?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ke-pa/what-nothing-to-say-no-pithy-wisdom-no-lofty-moral-judgments/)

[KE-PA](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ke-pa/)

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> [Those indoctrinated by leftist thinking become largely incapable of making accurate moral judgments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-prager/those-indoctrinated-by-leftist-thinking-become-largely-incapable-of/)

[Dennis Prager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-prager/)

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> [I'm very interested in why we do good things, or bad things, and where moral judgments come from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bloom/i-m-very-interested-in-why-we-do-good-things-or-bad-things-and-where/)

[Paul Bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bloom/)

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> [Self-righteousness is the inevitable fruit of simple moral judgments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reinhold-niebuhr/self-righteousness-is-the-inevitable-fruit-of-simple-moral-judgments/)

[Reinhold Niebuhr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reinhold-niebuhr/)

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> [“Theism, however, teaches that not only is there a moral universe but there is an absolute standard by which all moral judgments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-w-sire/theism-however-teaches-that-not-only-is-there-a-moral-universe-but/)

[James W. Sire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-w-sire/)

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> [If there is no absolute beyond man's ideas, then there is no final appeal to judge between individuals and groups whose moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-schaeffer/if-there-is-no-absolute-beyond-man-s-ideas-then-there-is-no-final/)

[Francis Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-schaeffer/)

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> [“Moral judgments are linguistic survivals from the practices of classical theism which have lost the context provided by these practices.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alasdair-c-macintyre/moral-judgments-are-linguistic-survivals-from-the-practices-of/)

[Alasdair C. MacIntyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alasdair-c-macintyre/)

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> [Over the last few years, I've been focusing on questions having to do with the self, and questions having to do with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bloom/over-the-last-few-years-i-ve-been-focusing-on-questions-having-to-do/)

[Paul Bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bloom/)

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> [“Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about people in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-barzun/except-among-those-whose-education-has-been-in-the-minimalist-style-2/)

[Jacques Barzun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-barzun/)

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> [“The moral judgments and acts of the soul all involve an exercise of reason, so that it is impossible to separate the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lewis-dabney/the-moral-judgments-and-acts-of-the-soul-all-involve-an-exercise-of/)

[Robert Lewis Dabney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lewis-dabney/)

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> [Even if there is a God, how do you know that his moral judgments are the correct ones? Seems to me Abraham…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-weinberg/even-if-there-is-a-god-how-do-you-know-that-his-moral-judgments-are/)

[Steven Weinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-weinberg/)

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> [The only difference between the narrator of contemporary affairs and the ordinary historian is that moral judgments about the present provoke fiercer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-barraclough/the-only-difference-between-the-narrator-of-contemporary-affairs-and/)

[Geoffrey Barraclough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-barraclough/)

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> [All the particular moral judgments we intuitively make are likely to derive from discarded religious systems, from warped views of sex and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-singer/all-the-particular-moral-judgments-we-intuitively-make-are-likely-to/)

[Peter Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-singer/)

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> [Self-righteousness and presumptive moral judgments pose a great danger in the political arena. To become convinced of the divine infallibility of one's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-wright/self-righteousness-and-presumptive-moral-judgments-pose-a-great/)

[Jim Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-wright/)

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> [“Hume's skepticism in morals does not arise from his being struck by the diversity of the moral judgments of mankind. As I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-rawls/hume-s-skepticism-in-morals-does-not-arise-from-his-being-struck-by/)

[John Rawls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-rawls/)

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> [Since my moral system rests on my accepted version of the facts, he who denies my moral judgments or my version of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/since-my-moral-system-rests-on-my-accepted-version-of-the-facts-he/)

[Walter Lippmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-lippmann/)

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> [Do we, as humans, having an ability to reason and to communicate abstract ideas verbally and in writing, and to form ethical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cheeke/do-we-as-humans-having-an-ability-to-reason-and-to-communicate/)

[Peter Cheeke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-cheeke/)

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> [My early research - I'm a social psychologist, and my early research was on how people make moral judgments. When I entered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-haidt/my-early-research-i-m-a-social-psychologist-and-my-early-research-was/)

[Jonathan Haidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-haidt/)

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> [I'm not saying that atheists can't act morally or have moral knowledge. But when I ascribe virtue to an atheist, it's as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-dembski/i-m-not-saying-that-atheists-can-t-act-morally-or-have-moral/)

[William A. Dembski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-dembski/)

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> [“What does it matter if another player, your friend or rival, intended good things and had only your interests at heart, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/what-does-it-matter-if-another-player-your-friend-or-rival-intended/)

[Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/)

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> [“You can say whatever you like to me. I make no moral judgments." Cassandra was slow to reply, momentarily distracted by his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/you-can-say-whatever-you-like-to-me-i-make-no-moral-judgments/)

[Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/)

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> [“The evident problem with democracy today is that the state is pre-empting—or “crowding out,” as the economists say—our moral judgments. Rulers are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-minogue/the-evident-problem-with-democracy-today-is-that-the-state-is-pre/)

[Kenneth Minogue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-minogue/)

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> [“Philosophers and many proponents of cognitive psychology hold that moral judgments are within our control, and thus people who choose to commit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-ramsland/philosophers-and-many-proponents-of-cognitive-psychology-hold-that/)

[Katherine Ramsland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-ramsland/)

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> [“In every area of thought we must rely ultimately on our judgments, tested by reflection, subject to correction by the counterarguments of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-nagel/in-every-area-of-thought-we-must-rely-ultimately-on-our-judgments/)

[Thomas Nagel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-nagel/)

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> [If you think that you are where you are just because you worked hard, it is easy to become self-righteous and make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bunch/if-you-think-that-you-are-where-you-are-just-because-you-worked-hard/)

[Charlotte Bunch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bunch/)

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> [Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-barzun/except-among-those-whose-education-has-been-in-the-minimalist-style/)

[Jacques Barzun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-barzun/)

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> [If we read the words and attitudes of the past through the pompous "wisdom" of the considered moral judgments of the present,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/if-we-read-the-words-and-attitudes-of-the-past-through-the-pompous/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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> [“Jesus is not suggesting that we have no right to make moral judgments about human behavior, and he is certainly not suggesting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-j-bargerhuff/jesus-is-not-suggesting-that-we-have-no-right-to-make-moral-judgments/)

[Eric J. Bargerhuff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-j-bargerhuff/)

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> [I don't believe there is any such definition, there is no such thing as evil, only moral judgments based on what society…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikolas-schreck/i-don-t-believe-there-is-any-such-definition-there-is-no-such-thing/)

[Nikolas Schreck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikolas-schreck/)

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> [The contemporary political scientist believes that he can avoid the necessity of moral judgments and that he can help frame public policy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/the-contemporary-political-scientist-believes-that-he-can-avoid-the/)

[Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/)

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                        "text": "“What does it matter if another player, your friend or rival, intended good things and had only your interests at heart, if the effects of his action lead to so much ruin and confusion? It is only natural for people to cover up their actions with all kinds of justifications, always assuming that they have acted out of goodness. You must learn to inwardly laugh each time you hear this and never get caught up in gauging someone’s intentions and actions through a set of moral judgments that are really an excuse for the accumulation of power.”",
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                        "text": "“You can say whatever you like to me. I make no moral judgments.\" Cassandra was slow to reply, momentarily distracted by his eyes. They were blue with dapples of brilliant green around the pupils, but one eye had far more green than the other. \"Everyone makes judgments,\" she said in response to his statement. \"I don't. My sense of right and wrong is different from most people's. You could say I'm a moral nihilist.\" \"What's that?\" \"Someone who believes nothing is innately right or wrong.\" \"Oh, that's dreadful,\" she exclaimed. \"I know,\" he said, looking apologetic. Perhaps some gently bred young women would have been shocked, but Cassandra was accustomed to unconventional people. She'd grown up with Pandora, whose twisty-turny, hippy-hoppity brain had enlivened an unbearably secluded life. In fact, Mr. Severin possessed a kind of contained energy that reminded her a little of Pandora. One could see it in the eyes, the quicksilver workings of a mind that ran faster than those of other people.”",
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                        "text": "“Philosophers and many proponents of cognitive psychology hold that moral judgments are within our control, and thus people who choose to commit crimes, barring delusions, know what they are doing and that it is wrong. The legal system depends on this notion. However, recent research suggests that damage to an area of the brain just behind the eyes can transform the way people make moral decisions. The results indicate that the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, implicated in the feeling of compassion, may be the foundation for moral regulations, assisting us in inhibiting (or not) harmful treatment of others. Failure in its development, or damage to it, might alter the way a person perceives the moral landscape, which will thus affect his or her actions. If juries include information of this kind in their deliberations, it could mitigate the harshness of the sentences they impose on convicted criminals. While more research must be done, other types of brain scans are being entered as evidence in the trials of some heinous crimes to show that the perpetrator could not help what he did.”",
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                        "text": "“In every area of thought we must rely ultimately on our judgments, tested by reflection, subject to correction by the counterarguments of others, modified by the imagination and by comparison with alternatives. Antirealism is always a conjectural possibility: the question can always be posed, whether there is anything more to truth in a certain domain than our tendency to reach certain conclusions in this way, perhaps in convergence with others. Sometimes, as with grammar or etiquette, the answer is no. For that reason the intuitive conviction that a particular domain, like the physical world, or mathematics, or morality, or aesthetics, is one in which our judgments are attempts to respond to a kind of truth that is independent of them may be impossible to establish decisively. Yet it may be very robust all the same, and not unjustified. To be sure, there are competing subjectivist explanations of the appearance of mind-independence in the truth of moral and other value judgments. One of the things a sophisticated subjectivism allows us to say when we judge that infanticide is wrong is that it would be wrong even if none of us thought so, even though that second judgment too is still ultimately grounded in our responses. However, I find those quasi-realist, expressivist accounts of the ground of objectivity in moral judgments no more plausible than the subjectivist account of simpler value judgments. These epicycles are of the same kind as the original proposal: they deny that value judgments can be true in their own right, and this does not accord with what I believe to be the best overall understanding of our thought about value. There is no crucial experiment that will establish or refute realism about value. One ground for rejecting it, the type used by Hume, is simply question-begging: if it is supposed that objective moral truths can exist only if they are like other kinds of facts--physical, psychological, or logical--then it is clear that there aren't any. But the failure of this argument doesn't prove that there are objective moral truths. Positive support for realism can come only from the fruitfulness of evaluative and moral thought in producing results, including corrections of beliefs formerly widely held and the development of new and improved methods and arguments over time. The realist interpretation of what we are doing in thinking about these things can carry conviction only if it is a better account than the subjectivist or social-constructivist alternatives, and that is always going to be a comparative question and a matter of judgment, as it is about any other domain, whether it be mathematics or science or history or aesthetics.”",
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                        "text": "“Jesus is not suggesting that we have no right to make moral judgments about human behavior, and he is certainly not suggesting we have no right to hold others accountable. He doesn’t condemn mutual accountability and moral responsibility”",
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