Character Quote by Torbjorn Tannsjo

The problem I see with utilitarianism, or any form of consequentialism, is not that it gets the wrong answers to moral questions. I think…

— Allen W. Wood

“Obviously there must be a relationship between our ethical theories and our moral behavior. In a real sense, our beliefs dictate our behavior. A…

— R.C. Sproul

The Consequentialist trinity is typically regarded in this way: Bentham is crude, Mill's writings are full of howlers and inconsistencies, and Sidgwick was too…

— Dale Jamieson

You cannot have a theory without principles. Principles is another name for prejudices.

— Mark Twain

Morality: The theory that every human act must either be right or wrong, and that 99% of them are wrong

— Henry Louis Mencken

“In a real sense, our beliefs dictate our behavior. A theory underlies our every moral action. We may not be able to articulate that…

— R.C. Sproul

Two fixed ideas can no more exist together in the moral world than two bodies can occupy one and the same place in the…

— Alexander Pushkin

Moral sensibilities are nowadays at such cross-purposes that to one man a morality is proved by its utility, while to another its utility refutes…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Not only are the varieties of morality innumerable, but some of them are conflicting with each other.

— James Fitzjames Stephen

For not all things are practicable on identical principles

— Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

It is fairly easy to grasp abstract moral principles; it can be very difficult to apply them to a given situation, particularly when it…

— Ayn Rand

Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different people

— Don Herold