Character Quote by Friedrich August von Hayek

Should our moral beliefs really prove to be dependent on factual assumptions shown to be incorrect, it would be hardly moral to defend them…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

Unfortunately, moral beauty in art - like physical beauty in a person - is extremely perishable. It is nowhere so durable as artistic or…

— Susan Sontag

The idea that war should be conducted within a moral framework may seem like a quaint medieval practice, but as speech separates humans from…

— Anonymous

We are but the veriest, sorriest slaves of our stomach. Reach not after morality and righteousness, my friends; watch vigilantly your stomach, and diet…

— Jerome K. Jerome

Whereas religions may serve a benign purpose by letting many people feel comfortable with the level of morality they themselves can attain, no religion…

— Daniel Dennett

There is an ancient Indian saying: "We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children." If we use…

— Patricia Schroeder

Morality is not just any old topic in psychology but close to our conception of the meaning of life. Moral goodness is what gives…

— Steven Pinker

Here I encounter the most popular fallacy of our times. It is not considered sufficient that the law should guarantee to every citizen the…

— Frederic Bastiat

Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and…

— Charles Carroll of Carrollton

Many men without morals have attacked religion because it was contrary to their inclinations. Many wise men have despised it because it seemed to…

— Baron d'Holbach

Being a moral realist I see normative ethics as a search of the truth about our obligations and a search of explanation; the idea…

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

“Really great moral teachers never do introduce new moralities: it is quacks and cranks who do that. As”

— C. S. Lewis