Ancient Quote by Catherine Wilson

We are now returning to the 18th century empirical approach with the new interest in the evolutionary basis of ethics, with 'experimental' moral philosophy…

— Catherine Wilson

Kant did think he had a moral route back to rational faith in God, for those who need it, and he thought that at…

— Allen W. Wood

“Obviously there must be a relationship between our ethical theories and our moral behavior. In a real sense, our beliefs dictate our behavior. A…

— R.C. Sproul

Some of Kant's particular moral opinions, either because he shared the prejudices of his time, or because of his own personal crotchets, can strike…

— Allen W. Wood

All the particular moral judgments we intuitively make are likely to derive from discarded religious systems, from warped views of sex and bodily functions,…

— Peter Singer

All the moral laws are readily translated into natural philosophy, for often we have only to restore the primitive meaning of thewords by which…

— Henry David Thoreau

The moral absolutes rest upon God's character. The moral commands He has given to men are an expression of His character. Men as created…

— Francis Schaeffer

Kantian ethical theory distinguishes three levels: First, that of a fundamental principle (the categorical imperative, formulated in three main ways in Kant's Groundwork); second,…

— Allen W. Wood

“in the field of ethics, of moral knowledge, it was approached by Kant with his principle of autonomy. This principle expresses his realization that…

— Karl Popper

“The demand for moral uniformity is more often practical than theoretical, a demand for moral certainty where none is possible. It is, for Oakeshott,…

— Terry Nardin

Kant, as we all know, compared moral law to the starry heavens, and found them both sublime. On the naturalistic hypothesis we should rather…

— Arthur Balfour

Kant attempted to work out a view of religion and religious belief according to which existing religions could be brought into harmony with modernity,…

— Allen W. Wood