Character Quote by Steven Pinker

“Rather than offering a strict moral code to live by, popular culture today provides more of a moral posture.”

— Jonathan D. Fitzgerald

All taboos serve different human interests by avoiding those things which threaten to cause offence or distress

— Kate Burridge

“There is a Moral sense, and there is an Immoral Sense. History shows us that the Moral Sense enables us to perceive morality and…

— Mark Twain

There are necessary taboos and essential decencies in every morally healthy society.

— Bret Stephens

“The general idea of universal moral norms is ancient, widespread, and endorsed by practically every moral authority up until late in the modern period.”

— Heath White

“Violence is a tool. It is meant to shock. To change. Instead, they normalize and celebrate it. And create a culture of exploitation.”

— Pierce Brown

Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the service of moral ends.…

— Albert Bandura

A society whose moral ideas, inhibit their own defense will always suffer defeat by the very predators they deem immoral. In any conflict the…

— Randy Wayne White

“The history of cruelty inflicted in the name of morals has convinced me that the increase of identification might achieve what moralizing cannot: beautiful…

— Arne Næss

I have to admit that when I watch a movie in which there is no moral context for the violence - I find that…

— Dean Koontz

“The morals of societies are defined by how they treat a strange woman.”

— M.F. Moonzajer