Ethics Quotes

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The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings. — Albert Schweitzer
Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life. — Albert Schweitzer
Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life. — Albert Schweitzer
I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all… — Albert Schweitzer
NFL cheerleading is harder than most people think. They train up to six hours every day with games on Sundays. They gave me a great… — Sarah Shahi
To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. — William Shakespeare
If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul. — William Shakespeare
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. — George Bernard Shaw
That's a central part of philosophy, of ethics. What do I owe to strangers? What do I owe to my family? What is it to… — Peter Singer
More often there's a compromise between ethics and expediency. — Peter Singer
Business ethics has always had problems that are distinct from those of other professions, such as medicine, law, engineering, dentistry, or nursing. — Peter Singer
At the descriptive level, certainly, you would expect different cultures to develop different sorts of ethics and obviously they have; that doesn't mean that you… — Peter Singer
I don't think there's anything in the compromise that means that there's a clash of ethics. — Peter Singer
I think ethics is always there; it's not always a very thoughtful or reflective ethics. — Peter Singer
Interest in business ethics courses has surged, and student activities at leading business schools are more focused than ever before on making business serve long-term… — Peter Singer
This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process; and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of… — Louise Slaughter
What a model of an artist was for me was an artist who worked. Picasso was the ultimate model, because the work ethic he had. — Patti Smith
And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working. — Will Smith
It seems that if you put people on paper and move them through time, you cannot help but talk about ethics, because the ethical realm… — Zadie Smith
Every cause produces more than one effect. — Herbert Spencer

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