Moral Quote by Edward Abbey

You are right in speaking of the moral foundations of science, but you cannot turn around and speak of the scientific foundations of morality.

— Albert Einstein

There are a few dogmas and double standards and really regrettable exports from philosophy that have confounded the thinking of scientists on the subject…

— Sam Harris

Scientists are scientists. They're not really in a position to speak clearly on the moral dimensions, and they're not really comfortable doing that.

— Naomi Oreskes

“I think moralistic science is bad for morals and bad for science.”

— Steven Pinker

Science is fundamentally a moral enterprise, following the moral imperative to seek the truth.

— George Lakoff

Science in itself is morally neutral; it becomes good or evil according as it is applied.

— Aldous Huxley

I do not believe that a moral philosophy can ever be founded on a scientific basis. … The valuation of life and all its…

— Albert Einstein

Science is no substitute for virtue; the heart is as necessary for a good life as the head.

— Bertrand Russell

But the imposition of morality onto science, - where it does not belong - has become rampant in recent years.

— Bill Condon

Science by itself has no moral dimension. But it does seek to establish truth. And upon this truth morality can be built.

— Anonymous

Science does not have a moral dimension. It is like a knife. If you give it to a surgeon or a murderer, each will…

— Wernher von Braun

Science cannot stop while ethics catches up ... and nobody should expect scientists to do all the thinking for the country.

— Elvin C. Stakman