Character Quote by Steven D. Levitt

“It is well and good to opine or theorize about a subject, as humankind is wont to do, but when moral posturing is replaced…

— Steven D. Levitt

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

— Jonathan Haidt

“moral forecasting—how effective we are at predicting how morally we will act in a given situation.”

— David DiSalvo

“Our moral thinking is much more like a politician searching for votes than a scientist searching for truth.”

— Jonathan Haidt

My own experience and development deepen every day my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize…

— George Eliot

My own experience and development deepen everyday my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize with…

— TS Eliot

“What is moral is self-evident.”

— Friedrich Theodor Vischer

“He is only testing my morals, which is perfectly understandable, because people outside of mental institutions need to have good morals so that the…

— Matthew Quick

“We aren't born with a ready-made conscience. As we pass through life, we hurt people and people hurt us, we act compassionately and others…

— Yuval Noah Harari

The test of moral ideas is moral results.

— Morton Blackwell

“Remember, my young Messenger, that intelligence doesn't always equate to moral actions”

— Vince Vawter

“When you’re dealing with people who have no moral center, no loyalty to anyone but themselves, you don’t always get the logical results you…

— Nelson DeMille