Authority Quote by Bertrand Russell

Humanists hold that ethical values are relative to human experience and need not be derived from theological or metaphysical foundations.

— Paul Kurtz

“Ethics involves the question of authority. The Christian lives under the sovereignty of God, who alone may claim lordship over us. Christian ethics is…

— R.C. Sproul

The principles of ethics come from our own nature as social, reasoning beings.

— Peter Singer

Ethics is not just an abstract intellectual discipline. It is about the conflicts that arise in trying to meet real human needs and values.

— John Ziman

Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.

— Albert Schweitzer

The core of ethics runs deep in our species and is common to human beings everywhere. It survives the most appalling hardships and the…

— Peter Singer

Humanism is an approach to life which encourages ethical and fulfilling living on the basis of reason and humanity, and rejects superstition and religion.…

— Stephen Fry

Ethics without virtue is an illusion. What is the highest purpose of ethics? It is to make a person good, that is virtuous.

— Peter Kreeft

All human beings - not merely neuro-typicals - need to be seen in ethics in the light of a conception of what is humanly…

— Alice Crary

Humanists recognize that it is only when people feel free to think for themselves, using reason as their guide, that they are best capable…

— Isaac Asimov

The characteristic feature of all ethics is to consider human life as a game that can be won or lost and to teach man…

— Simone de Beauvoir

I never use the words HUMANIST or HUMANITARIAN, as it seems to me that to be human is to be capable of the most…

— Gregory Maguire