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Moral Quotes by Thomas Nagel
- I conceive ethics as a branch of psychology.
- equally real at all stages of his life; specifically, the fact that a particular stage is present cannot be regarded as conferring on it any…
- To look for a single general theory of how to decide the right thing to do is like looking for a single theory of how…
- A theory of motivation is defective if it renders intelligible behaviour which is not intelligible.
- A person may be greedy, envious, cowardly, cold, ungenerous, unkind, vain, or conceited, but behave perfectly by a monumental act of the will.
- The inclusion of consequences in the conception of what we have done is an acknowledgement that we are parts of the world, but the paradoxical…
- Once we see an aspect of what we or someone else does as something that happens, we lose our grip on the idea that it…
- The external view [of agency] forces itself on us at the same time that we resist it. One way this occurs is through the gradual…
- Common sense doesn't have the last word in ethics or anywhere else, but it has, as J. L. Austin said about ordinary language, the first…
More Moral Quotes
- Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave… — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for… — Aristotle
- Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. — Isaac Asimov
- Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing. — Kate Atkinson
- It's a moral question about whether we have the right to exterminate species. — David Attenborough
- Morals are built on religious faith. Virtue is built on morality and influences a culture. — Michele Bachmann
- It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral. — Francis Bacon
- Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity. — Lord Acton
- Trust should be the basis for all our moral training. — Robert Baden-Powell
- A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump… — Russell Baker
- When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa. — Honore de Balzac