Moral Distinctions Quotes

6 quotes by 5 authors

• From the apparent usefulness of the social virtues, it has readily been inferred by sceptics, both ancient and modern, that all moral distinctions arise from… — David Hume
• Others -- as most legislators, politicians, lawyers, ministers, and office-holders -- serve the state chiefly with their heads; and, as they rarely make any moral… — Henry David Thoreau
• Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to… — Thomas Szasz
• If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, it is not merely because evil deeds may be performed in the name of patriotism, but… — Ralph Barton Perry
• To those of us who remained committed mainly to the exploration of moral distinctions and ambiguities, the feminist analysis may have seemed a particularly narrow… — Joan Didion

Who Wrote These Moral Distinctions Quotes

5 authors contributed a total of 6 Moral Distinctions Quotes as follows:

• 1 Moral Distinctions Quote by David Hume
• 1 Moral Distinctions Quote by Henry David Thoreau
• 1 Moral Distinctions Quote by Thomas Szasz
• 1 Moral Distinctions Quote by Ralph Barton Perry
• 1 Moral Distinctions Quote by Joan Didion