Acting Quote by John Dewey

Moral principle is the foundation of law.

— Anonymous

Our search for such [moral] principles can start with . . . the unconditional imperative to acknowledge every person as a person. If we…

— Paul Tillich

It is fairly easy to grasp abstract moral principles; it can be very difficult to apply them to a given situation, particularly when it…

— Ayn Rand

Morals — all correct moral laws — derive from the instinct to survive. Moral behavior is survival behavior above the individual level.

— Robert A. Heinlein

A man is not moral because he is obedient through fear or ignorance. Morality lives in the realm of perceived obligation...

— Robert Green Ingersoll

You can't make rules regarding the moral behavior of something unless you know what the hell it is, and what it's capacities are. What…

— Jerry Garcia

To be a fully functioning moral agent, one cannot passively accept moral principles handed down by fiat. Moral principles require moral reasoning.

— Michael Shermer

We now possess four principles of morality: 1) a philosophical: do good for its own sake, out of respect for the law; 2) a…

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

Now here is a departure from the first principle of true ethics. Here we find ideas of moral wrong and moral right associated with…

— Anonymous

All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects.

— George Edward Moore

For an act to be moral the intention must be based on compassion, not duty. We do something because we want to do it,…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Moral laws are set as a curb and restraint to these exorbitant desires, which they cannot be but by rewards and punishments, that will…

— John Locke