Ethics Quotes

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The act of willing this or that, of choosing among various courses of conduct, is central in the realm of ethics. — Corliss Lamont
The ethics of excellence requires a sense of perspective. Look at the big picture. If you live for the moment you might mortgage the future?… — Price Pritchett
Prior to the advent of the civilization of the Third Estate (mercantilism, capitalism), the social ethics that was religiously sanctioned in the West consisted in… — Julius Evola
Itâ€™s a revolution. But itâ€™s the sort of revolution that no one will notice. It might get a little shadier. Buildings might function better. You… — Bill Mollison
You cannot advocate decency and ethics, you must design the conditions that eliminate the problems. Â In scarcity, people will tend to steal. Â If… — Jacque Fresco
Spirituality is not primarily about values and ethics, not about exhortations to do right or live well. The spiritual traditions are primarily about reality...an effort… — Parker J. Palmer
My father said it himself in an interview many years ago: 'Husband and wife failed, but mother and father didn't.' I've got a life that… — Jakob Dylan
While an ethic of justice proceeds from the premise of equalityâ€”that everyone should be treated the sameâ€”an ethic of care rests on the premise of… — Carol Gilligan
We must remain hopeful that a universal ethic of courage, caring, sharing, respect, radical compassion, and love will make a difference even if we do… — Marc Bekoff
Recruiting is the lifeblood of any program, so you can't put anything above that, ... But it wouldn't matter who you had here if you… — Pete Carroll
All that is required of us, in our new sexual ethic, is that we have sex in a way that favours us more than it… — Richard Summerbell
We get our ethics from our history and judge our history by our ethics. — Ernst Troeltsch
Every child must master empathy-based ethics because the rules are changing; the less they apply the less learning them has positive impact — Bill Drayton
Now the relation which, in the sphere of nature, being and semblance or sensation bear to one another in this antithesis, is the same as… — Friedrich Schleiermacher
As we enter into the 110th Congress, it is imperative that we address ethics reforms needed to make this institution run correctly. — Jo Ann Davis
I have gotten disturbed at some of the Democrats' anti-business behavior, the sentiment, the attacks on work ethic and successful people. I think it's very… — Jamie Dimon
It's often been said that you learn more from losing than you do from winning. I think, if you're wise, you learn from both. You… — Morgan Wootten
For me, the value of a climb is the sum of three inseparable elements, all equally important: aesthetics, history, and ethics. Together they form the… — Walter Bonatti
Laissez-faire capitalism, or anarchocapitalism, is simply the economic form of the libertarian ethic. Laissez-faire capitalism encompasses the notion that men should exchange goods and services,… — Karl Hess
For my own part, I abandon the ethics of duty to the Hegelian critique with no regrets; it would appear to me, indeed, to have… — Paul Ricoeur

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