Quotes About Morality

most things are right or wrong only in their backgrounds; few things are good or evil in themselves.

Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. (Hurting yourself is not sinful—just stupid.)

was the sort of jerk who would entice a young girl with candy and consider it a smart operation.

This school is based on the idea that a man who can think correctly will automatically behave morally—or

Having been born to wealth, stealing doesn't fret me as much as it does him.

Harshaw held that certain feet were made for stepping on, in order to improve the breed, promote the general welfare, and minimize the ancient insolence of office; he had seen at once that Heinrich had such feet.

May I ask this? Under what circumstances is it moral for a group to do that which is not moral for a member of that group to do alone?" "Uh . . . that's a trick question." "It is the key question, dear Wyoming. A radical question that strikes to the root of the whole dilemma of government. Anyone who answers honestly and abides by all consequences knows where he stands—and what he will die for.

If it has to be done, a man—a real man—shoots his own dog himself; he doesn't

That old saw about "To understand all is to forgive all" is a lot of tripe. Some things, the more you understand the more you loathe them. My

Do You Have a PROBLEM? Nothing is illegal—it isn't what you do; it's the way that you do it.

sin' is rarely concerned with a real wrongness but sin is what the sinner groks as sin—and when you grok with him, it can hurt. I know.

Ahlakç? dediÄŸin kendi k?staslar?n? evrensel kanunlar zanneden kiÅŸidir. Sen bu yayg?n kötülükten neredeyse tümüyle uzaks?n.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth.

The basis of all morality is duty, a concept with the same relation to group that self-interest has to individual.

Surely where a man lives is the least important thing about him.

If you're going to be businessmen, don't confuse the vocation with larceny.

Joe did everything else properly, too—finished taking the head off, threw the body into the street for his friends to take away if he had any, for the scavengers to remove if not—then displayed the head in front of the shop on a spike meant for such purpose. Then he closed his shutters and cleaned up the mess—then may have taken time to throw up;

we are even developing an exact ethic for extra-human relations.

Whoring is like military service, Ira—okay in the upper brackets, not so good lower down.

The Society for Creative Euthanasia

But does Man have any "right" to spread through the universe? Man is what he is, a wild animal with the will to survive, and (so far) the ability, against all competition. Unless one accepts that, anything one says about morals, war, politics—you name it—is nonsense. Correct morals arise from knowing what Man is—not what do-gooders

educational" killings

Whores perform the same function as priests, Ira, but far more thoroughly.

You. What is the moral difference, if any, between the soldier and the civilian?" "The difference," I answered carefully, "lies in the field of civic virtue. A soldier accepts personal responsibility for the safety of the body politic of which he is a member, defending it, if need be, with his life. The civilian does not.