Character Quote by Terry Nardin

“One cannot conceive man actually ascribing ethical qualities to his gods before he becomes sufficiently developed to formulate moral rules for his own guidance,…

— Chapman Cohen

“Morality itself requires transcendence, the existence of a “real” goodness.”

— James W Sire

Although religion might be useful in developing a solid moral framework - and enforcing it - we can quite easily develop moral intuitions without…

— Robert Winston

“Not only do I believe that it is possible to maintain moral standards without the crutch of religion—but I would argue that it is…

— David G. McAfee

Moral certainty is intellectual immorality

— Kedar Joshi

“Whoever said that one cannot be moral without being religious never had morals in in the first place.”

— J.Adam Snyder

We are now returning to the 18th century empirical approach with the new interest in the evolutionary basis of ethics, with 'experimental' moral philosophy…

— Catherine Wilson

“Men have gone on to build up vast intellectual schemes, philosophies, and theologies, to prove that ideals are not real as ideals but as…

— John Dewey

“Ethics Are Negotiable; Morality Is Absolute”

— monk of YHVH

“Theism, however, teaches that not only is there a moral universe but there is an absolute standard by which all moral judgments are measured.…

— James W. Sire

“Our moral decisions about ourselves can be spiritual. Our moral decisions about other people can only be practical.”

— Andrew Klavan

“The quality of moral behaviour varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved.”

— Aldous Huxley