Ethical Quotes

528 Ethical quotes by 398 unique authors

I think it's time we recognized the Dark Ages are over. Galileo and Copernicus have been proven right. The world is in fact round; the… — Chris Shays
It [an ethical problem with in vitro fertilization] depends on whether you're talking ethics from the standpoint of some religious denomination or from just truly… — Unknown Author
I would like us to think about it more explicitly, and not take our intuitions as the given of ethics, but rather to reflect on… — Peter Singer
A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him. — Albert Schweitzer
No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style. — Oscar Wilde
All ethical people strive to choose "right" over "easy" when confronted by situations that force them to choose one or the other. — Derrick Bell
How are you going to teach virtue if you teach the relativity of all ethical ideas? Virtue, if it implies anything at all, implies an… — Robert M. Pirsig
Man is appealed to be guided in his acts, not merely by love, which is always personal, or at best tribal, but by his perception… — Peter Kropotkin
The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is… — Stephen Covey
My own view, which does not rely solely on religious faith or even on an original idea, but rather on ordinary common sense, is that… — Dalai Lama
[T]he visibility of styles is itself a product of historical consciousness. ... The very notion of "style" needs to be approached historically. Awareness of style… — Susan Sontag
We find ourselves ethically destitute just when, for the first time, we are faced with ultimacy, the irreversible closing down of the earth's functioning in… — Thomas Berry
I write because something inner and unconscious forces me to. That is the first compulsion. The second is one of ethical and moral duty. I… — David Guterson
There has never been any evidence that the death penalty reduces capital crimes or that crimes increased when executions stopped. Tragic mistakes are prevalent...It is… — Jimmy Carter
...there ought to exist the fullest liberty of professing and discussing, as a matter of ethical conviction, any doctrine, however immoral it may be considered. — John Stuart Mill
The idea that each individual has intrinsic, God-given value and is of infinite worth quite apart from any social contribution - an idea most pagans… — Elaine Pagels
The climate change problem is at its heart an ethical problem. It's a problem of income distribution and it's a problem of income distribution with… — Ross Garnaut
Climate change is a very unusual ethical challenge because it's so completely measurable...one of the reasons people should take action is because they have a… — George C. Marshall
Money must serve, not rule! The Pope loves everyone, rich and poor alike, but he is obliged in the name of Christ to remind all… — Pope Francis
Today it takes no great stretch of the imagination to envisage the earth as an interconnected globe humming with electronic transmissions - a chattering planet… — John Foley

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