Duty Quote by James Q. Wilson

Ultimately a highly complex sentiment, having its first origin in the social instincts, largely guided by the approbation of our fellow-men, ruled by reason,…

— Charles Darwin

The basic of all morality is duty, a concept with the same relation to group that self-interest has to individual.

— Robert A. Heinlein

“... if we adopt the principle of universality: if an action is right (or wrong) for others, it is right (or wrong) for us.…

— Noam Chomsky

People are very inclined to set moral standards for others.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ordinary morality is innate in my view.

— Christopher Hitchens

Some empirical feelings, such as sympathy, are indispensable parts of certain moral virtues.

— Allen W. Wood

“Two different sets of philosophers have attempted to teach us this hardest of all the lessons of morality. One set have laboured to increase…

— Adam Smith

“Humans are unique in having the astonishing capacity to extend our sympathies far beyond the here and now. through time and space, to anywhere…

— Andrew Westoll

A curious reversal in the locus of moral concern has taken place: people feel responsible for everything except for what they do.

— Theodore Dalrymple

We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel…

— Timothy Keller

Morality: The theory that every human act must either be right or wrong, and that 99% of them are wrong

— Henry Louis Mencken

Attitudes determine our actions, for good or bad.

— Dwight L. Moody