Correspondence Quote by Joseph Butler

A growing body of evidence suggests that humans do have a rudimentary moral sense from the very start of life.

— Paul Bloom

We must learn to distinguish morality from moralizing.

— Henry A. Kissinger

“There are no shortcuts to moral insight. Nature is not intrinsically anything that can offer comfort or solace in human terms -- if only…

— Stephen Jay Gould

All things are moral; and in their boundless changes have an unceasing reference to spiritual nature.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are naturally moral beings, but our environments can enhance - or, sadly, degrade - this innate moral sense.

— Paul Bloom

Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different people

— Don Herold

Morality is neither rational nor absolute nor natural. World has known many moral systems, each of which advances claims universality; all moral systems are…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

...our species is one, and each of the individuals who compose it are entitled to equal moral consideration.

— Michael Ignatieff

To be moral is to discover fundamentally ones own being.

— Simone de Beauvoir

If we try to define our own moral universe, there's a price for that.

— Ben Affleck

People are very inclined to set moral standards for others.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Understanding the simple fact that morality differs around the world, and even within societies, is the first step toward understanding your righteous mind.

— Jonathan Haidt