Mr. J.S. Mill speaks, in his celebrated work, "Utilitarianism," of the social feelings as a "powerful natural sentiment," and as "the natural… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“No, it is not my sense of the immorality of the Humbert Humbert-Lolita relationship that is strong; it is Humbert's sense. He… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Noble and wise men once believed in the music of the spheres: noble and wise men still continue to believe in the… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
It is difficulties that show what men are. For the future, in case of any difficulty, remember that God, like a gymnastic… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
What's right for most people in most situations isn't right for everyone in every situation. Real morality lies in following one's own… — Embeth Davidtz Copy Share Image
“Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out… — Jeremy Bentham Copy Share Image
The acceptance that all that is solid has melted into the air, that reality and morality are not givens but imperfect human… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
In 1984, I gave a speech at Notre Dame titled 'Religious Belief and Public Morality.' I said that Catholic legislators will live… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
The church has gotten it wrong a few times on science, and I think that we probably are better off leaving science… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
A man that puts himself on the ground of moral principle, if the whole world be against him, is mightier than all… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The morality code that remains after the religion that produced it is rejected is like the perfume that lingers in an empty… — Sigrid Undset Copy Share Image
“It would be well to realize that the talk of ‘humane methods of warfare’, of the ‘rules of civilized warfare’, and all… — James Connolly Copy Share Image
When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
Cheating gets easier every time it's done. It's only hard the first time, when one feels the sting of morality and the… — Greg Behrendt Copy Share Image
“Miller believes, like many theists, that religion brings us beyond the bounds of materialism. (Ironically he insists on a material explanation [evolution]… — G.M. Jackson Copy Share Image
We tend to talk about the world in a myriad of ways - a microscopic world of elementary particles, a biological world… — Sean M. Carroll Copy Share Image
But the most important lesson I have learned in my twenty years or research on morality is that nearly all people are… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
We are not masochists - the cross is not an end in itself; it is for glory. We Christians are not looking… — Fabrice Hadjadj Copy Share Image
“In the future system, you will decide how your bodies look and feel, but only til then will you have the choice.” — David L Lloyd Copy Share Image
The cash register did more for human morality than the Congregational Church. It was a really powerful phenomenon to make an economic… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
A rationalism of serving any living being with a consistent ethics and morality of an unquestionable nature in any sphere of activity… — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
Real morality is based on a single criterion: right action, appropriate action, in the present moment and present situation. — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
Morality comes from a commitment to treat other as we wish to be treated, which follows from the realization that none of… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
