Character Quote by Michael Shermer

We have a high moral responsibility to be rational

— Charlie Munger

The great instrument of moral good is the imagination.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practice.

— Plutarch

Moral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions.

— Alexander Pushkin

A rational process is a moral process.

— Ayn Rand

The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct.

— Paul Ricoeur

“moral thinking is more like a politician searching for votes than a scientist searching for truth:”

— Jonathan Haidt

Moral questions may not have objective answers-whether revealed by God or by science-but they do have rational ones, answers rooted in a rationality that…

— Kenan Malik

The greatest influence for good comes from those quiet folks who make morals, not moralizing, their vocation.

— Lawrence Reed

Rationalization is one of the real obstacles to obedience.

— Russell M. Nelson

If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart.

— Lars von Trier

Morality is a test of our conformity rather than our integrity.

— Jane Rule