Quotes About Morality

Un robot no puede lastimar a la humanidad o, por falta de acción, permitir que la humanidad sufra daños. La considero ahora la ley Cero de la Robótica. La primera ley debería decir: Un robot no debe dañar a un ser humano, o permitir, por inacción, que el ser humano sufra algún daño, a menos que tal acción viole la ley Cero de la Robótica.

Un robot no debe dañar a un ser humano o, por su inacción, dejar que un ser humano sufra daño.

Você sabe que o pudor é somente o outro lado da lascívia.

La religión es una de las grandes influencias civilizadoras de la historia

Con toda seguridad es preferible que el inmoral aprenda la moral a través de la adversidad, a que el moral olvide serlo en la prosperidad.

It's almost not necessary for us to do good. It's only necessary for us to stop doing evil, for goodness sake.

But murder applies specifically to human beings. One does not murder an animal, for instance.

La verdad científica está por encima de la lealtad y la deslealtad.

You do not consider your statement a disloyal one? A. No, sir. Scientific truth is beyond loyalty and disloyalty.

la mojigatería no es más que la cara opuesta de la lascivia.

They couldn't have dropped the bomb for all the Galaxy. If they could have, they would have been large-primate themselves in their manner of thinking, and there are worse things than merely the end of everything.

I despise envy on principle and I feel only contempt for those who fall prey to it; so I never let myself feel it, you see, unless I can call it something else.

Enlightened self-interest' they call it.

The orthodox view has the following reading: '1) A robot may not harm a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm; 2) A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law; 3) A robot must protect its own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

Even the worm that crawls in the Earth there glows a divine spark. When you slaughter a creature, you slaughter your God.

all people are Nazis; for the animals it is an eternal Treblinka

In their behavior toward creatures, all men were Nazis. The smugness with which man could do with other species as he pleased exemplified the most extreme racist theories, the principle that might is right.

In their behaviour towards creatures, all men [are] Nazis

It is written that it is better to be burned in a kiln than to shame another," my father said.

The talk about culture and justice was more revolting than the barbarism and injustice.

If men had their way, every woman would lie down a prostitute and get up a virgin.

Più volte ho pensato che per quanto riguarda il suo comportamento verso gli animali, ogni uomo è un nazista.

Spesso le persone sostengono che gli umani hanno sempre mangiato animali, come se questo giustificasse la continuazione della pratica. Secondo questa logica, non dovremmo neppure impedire l'omicidio, perché anch'esso è sempre stato praticato dall'inizio dei tempi

Essere vegetariano è la mia protesta verso il comportamento collettivo. Essere vegetariano significa essere in disaccordo - in disaccordo su come va il mondo oggigiorno. Carestie, crudeltà - dobbiamo prendere una posizione contro queste cose. Il vegetarismo è la mia presa di posizione. E penso che sia una presa di posizione consistente.