Quotes About Morality

Religion cannot claim morality as its own...

Suntem noi învechiÈ›i? Sunt oamenii aceÈ™tia niÈ™te dinozauri? Sau eu? Mai are lumea cu adev?rat nevoie de un glas care s? ia partea celor s?raci, slabi È™i oprimaÈ›i ori a copiilor înc? nen?scuÈ›i? Avem într-adev?r nevoie de suflete ca acestea care, deÈ™i imperfecte, îÈ™i petrec întreaga via?? implorându-ne pe fiecare dintre noi s? nu ne pierdem jaloanele de moralitate È™i s? nu ne r?t?cim?

Would you rather live in a world without science...or in a world without religion?

extralimitarse»: una técnica de interrogatorio inventada por los primeros romanos para arrancar confesiones a delincuentes que sospechaban que mentían. El método era de una sencillez engañosa. Exponer la información que uno quiere que se confiese. Después alegar algo peor. El objetivo era darle al oponente la oportunidad de elegir el mal menor, en ese caso la verdad.

La foi nous rend responsable envers nous-même, envers les autres, envers une vérité supérieure.

Everyone respects those who live by a code . - Luis Avila

Fear of being judged by an omniscient deity always helps inspire benevolent behavior.

Los lugares más oscuros del Infierno están reservados para aquellos que mantienen su neutralidad en tiempos de crisis moral".

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis

Die Allegorien der Religionen sind ins Alltagsbewusstsein eingegangen und helfen Millionen Menschen, mit ihrem Leben besser zurechtzukommen und tugendhafter, aufrichtiger und anständiger zu sein.

Unfortunately, there can be no doubt that man is, on the whole, less good than he imagines himself or wants to be. Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual's conscious life, the blacker and denser it is.

baseball freely admits that the sport--like civilized society--is crawling with bums.

Bad people don't go to hell, they are already there.

These are good people out here,' he said. 'Most honest people in the world. They wouldn't lie to you for anything.' He shook his head. 'But they'll lie to themselves every time.

Designed from DNA to compute," I said, appalled at the thought of Core machines being given the benefit of the doubt when it came to souls.

The critic had added a personal note: Most of us, I hope, have had some child or spouse or friend like Beatrice, someone who by his very nature, his seemingly innate goodness and intelligence, makes us uncomfortably conscious of our lies when we lie.

Anything which deceives is evil, I believe.

After fifty-five years of dedicating his life and work to the story of ethical systems, Sol Weintraub had come to a single, unshakable conclusion: any allegiance to a deity or concept or universal principle which put obedience above decent behavior toward an innocent human being was evil.

androids were free from original sin, therefore spiritually superior to humankind

But what if he makes it to civilization … back to England? Alone. He will always be the captain who let all his men die. The courtmartial will be inevitable, its outcome predetermined. Whatever the court's punishment might be, the shame will be a lifelong sentence.

Most of us, I hope, have had some child or spouse or friend like Beatrice, someone who by his very nature, his seemingly innate goodness and intelligence, makes us uncomfortably conscious of our lies when we lie. Sol

Meanwhile, Kassad and Moneta and the Shrike could kill all of them without the Ousters realizing that they were under attack. It was not fair, Kassad realized. It was wrong. It was the ultimate violation of the New Bushido, worse in its way than the wanton murder of civilians. The essence of honor lay in the moment of combat between equals.

wanted to know how any ethical system—much less a religion so indomitable that it had survived every evil mankind could throw at it—could flow from a command from God for a man to slaughter his son.

Most of us, I hope, have had some child or spouse or friend like Beatrice, someone who by his very nature, his seemingly innate goodness and intelligence, makes us uncomfortably conscious of our lies when we lie.