There cannot any one moral rule be proposed whereof a man may not justly demand a reason. — John Locke Copy Share Image
“Institutionalized torture in Christendom was not just an unthinking habit; it had a moral rationale. If you really believe that failing to… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
Morality is a burglar's tool whose merit lies in never being left behind at the scene of the crime. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
If state, party and social policy will not be based on morality, then mankind has no future to speak of. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
Neither Jewish morality nor Jewish tradition can be used to disallow terror as a means of war, — Yitzhak Shamir Copy Share Image
There is a minimum requirement of morality, of moral compass, of decency, of moral empathy. And if you are incapable of meeting… — Ana Navarro Copy Share Image
When you transcend the transcendent states, you get past the ego structure, and at that point you don't need laws, you have… — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image
I consider the doctrines of Jesus as delivered by himself to contain the outlines of the sublimest system of morality that has… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“I have been made to realize tonight that there are limits to what I wish to do or see done for any… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
The Holocaust changed our perception of morality not only because we discovered that morality is the only thing that can stand up… — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
Morality did not begin by one man saying to another, "I will not hit you if you do not hit me"; there… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The pursuit of politics is religion, morality, and poetry all in one. — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
Whatever the reason, for most of the present century, the literature and publicity of the old established [animal welfare] groups made a… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
More than a decade ago, a Supreme Court decision literally wiped off the books of fifty states statutes protecting the rights of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I am not aware that payment, or even favors, however gracious, bind any man's soul and conscience in questions of highest morality… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
It should be quite clear that it is possible for unpleasant people who are small in various ways other than in their… — Fred Kaplan Copy Share Image
The preponderance of pain over pleasure is the cause of our fictitious morality and religion. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“If you pursue this road that you've embarked upon, you will eventually come to moral decisions that will take you completely by… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
The eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable. — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
“In ambiguous situations, it's a good bet that the crowd will generally stick together – and be wrong.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
It is curious - curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The distinction between right and wrong ("la distinction du bien et du mal", Fr.), is nothing else than their unyielding (or implacable)… — African Spir Copy Share Image
The distinction between pretending you are better than you are and beginning to be better in reality is finer than moral sleuth… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Having killed God, the atheist is left with no reason for being, no morality to espouse, no meaning to life, and no… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
Morality aside, there are other factors deterring 'strategic defaults,' whether in recourse or nonrecourse states. These include the economic and emotional costs… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
There has been a controversy started of late, much better worth examination, concerning the general foundation of Morals; whether they be derived… — David Hume Copy Share Image
The power of transgression is the archetypal, foundational story of the Bible. We want to break our own codes - sometimes of… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
“The argument that personal moral views should not be imposed on others when it comes to lawmaking is incoherent and misleading. It… — George Cardinal Pell Copy Share Image
“There is a common tendency to turn off one's imagination at certain points and refuse to contemplate the possibility of having to… — John Fraser Copy Share Image
McEwan's Atonement…truly dazzles, proving to be as much about the art and morality of writing as it is about the past…. The… — Noah Richler Copy Share Image
Do you suppose that sacrifice is the hallmark of moral action?--Just stop to consider whether sacrifice is not involved in every action… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
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