Being a moral realist I see normative ethics as a search of the truth about our obligations and a search of explanation;… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
“The fact is that libertarianism is not and does not pretend to be a complete moral or aesthetic theory; it is only… — Murray N. Rothbard Copy Share Image
The second commandment is "Thou shall not construct any graven images." Is this really the pinnacle of what we can achieve morally?… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
When the accumulation of wealth is no longer of high social importance, there will be great changes in the code of morals.… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
It is probably a pity that every citizen of each state cannot visit all the others, to see the differences, to learn… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Sound moral principle is the only sure evidence of strength, the only firm foundation of greatness and perpetuity. Where this is lacking,… — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
On the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning of the world to this day, have… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The standard that a society should actually embody its own professed principles is a utopian one, in the sense that moral principles… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“This wariness of authority reflected the most fundamental of all of Einstein’s moral principles: Freedom and individualism are necessary for creativity and… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
Exhorting his students: Be faithful to the moral principles of your religion. — Karl G. Maeser Copy Share Image
Some level of truthfulness has always been seen as essential to human society, no matter how deficient the observance of other moral… — Sissela Bok Copy Share Image
It is fairly easy to grasp abstract moral principles; it can be very difficult to apply them to a given situation, particularly… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The attack upon Korea was an outright breach of the peace and a violation of the Charter of the United Nations. By… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
“We've already had Malthus , the friend of humanity. But the friend of humanity with shaky moral principles is the devourer of… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Moral experience—the actual possession and exercise of good character—is necessary truly to understand moral principles and profitably to apply them.” — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited by written law? Let us hope our… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We are inclined to confuse freedom and democracy, which we regard as moral principles, with the way in which they are practiced… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
That's all very well as an abstract moral principle, Avril, a coffee-table theoretical construct, but there's no denying the sheer gratuitous pleasure… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
That the foundation of our national policy should be laid in private morality. If individuals be not influenced by moral principles, it… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“As we are in the Church age, which is an age of grace rather than the theocracy of Mosaic times, we are… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
If only people would realize that moral principles are like measles.... They have to be caught. And only the people who've got… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Placing the state in charge of moral principles is equivalent to putting the proverbial fox in charge of the chicken coop. — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
“On the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning of the world to this day, have… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Someone said that patriotism is the last refuge of cowards; those without moral principles usually wrap a flag around themselves, and those… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
