Character Quote by Michael Josephson

An ethical person ought to do more than he's required to do and less than he's allowed to do

— Bertrand Russell

Ethics is doing more than the law requires and less than the law allows.

— Michael Josephson

A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from…

— Albert Schweitzer

“Ethics is not a description of what people do; it's a prescription for what we all should do.”

— Michael Josephson

In any ethical situation, the thing you want least to do is probably the right action.

— Jerry Pournelle

“On a practical level, there are two vital steps to ethical behavior: knowing what is right and doing it.”

— Michael Josephson

We all have different priorities. There's no one single set of ethical rules.

— Michael Pollan

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him.

— Albert Schweitzer

Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching- even when doing the wrong thing is legal.

— Aldo Leopold

To the man who is truly ethical all life is sacred, including that which from the human point of view seems lower in the…

— Albert Schweitzer

Ethics is obedience to the unenforceable.

— Baron Moulton John Fletcher Moulton

In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing…

— Immanuel Kant