Quotes About Morality

You're so nice. You're not good, you're not bad, You're just nice. I'm not good, I'm not nice, I'm just right. I'm the witch. You're the world.

I recall Ghandi said ultimately all things devolve into the political, but I'd argue that all things devolve into pro-people and anti-people. And I can pose the question, which side are you on?

Doesn't matter," Maren said. "As long as the wolf enters the pen, who cares if it happens to eat the sheep?" Mac shook his head. "You can bet your ass the sheep cares.

I owed no morality to those who would extort it by force

Crime is one of the many methods justice may select.

It is not necessary to believe in God to be a good person. In a way, the traditional notion of God is outdated. One can be spiritual, but not religious. It is not necessary to go to church and give money. For many, nature can be a church. Some of the best people in history did not believe in God, while some of the worst deeds were done in his name. —POPE FRANCIS I

Do not do unto others what you would not have done unto you.

The Buddha encouraged people to "know for yourselves that certain things are unwholesome and wrong. And when you do, then give them up. And when you know for yourselves that certain things are wholesome and good, then accept them and follow them.

career in the irrational world of creativity not only made sense but had moral purpose.

Wealth is a common side effect of no remorse.

As we suggested near the beginning of this book, if morality represents an ideal world, then economics represents the actual world.

podría sugerir que la moral representa el modo en que a las personas les gustaría que funcionase el mundo, mientras que la economía representa cómo funciona éste en realidad.

Never, ever think that people will do something just because it is the "right" thing to do.

la moral representa el modo en que a las personas les gustaría que funcionase el mundo, mientras que la economía representa cómo funciona éste en realidad.

But one need not oppose abortion on moral or religious grounds to feel shaken by the notion of a private sadness being converted into a public good.

Could any man resist the temptation of evil if he knew his acts could not be witnessed?

A moral compass can convince you that all the answers are obvious (even when they're not); that there is a bright line between right and wrong (when often there isn't); and, worst, that you are certain you already know everything you need to know about a subject so you stop trying to learn more.

cuando la pose moral se ve sustituida por una valoración sincera, con frecuencia el resultado es una revelación nueva y sorprendente.

La gente no es «buena» ni «mala». Las personas son personas y responden a incentivos. Casi siempre pueden ser manipuladas —para bien o para mal— si se encuentran las palancas adecuadas.

especialmente por parte de los moralistas altruistas que se han convencido de que su sensibilidad estética y la repugnancia instintiva deberían acabar con cualquier esfuerzo humano por salvar vidas.»

morality represents the way we would like the world to work and economics represents how it actually does work

Se podría sugerir que la moral representa el modo en que a las personas les gustaría que funcionase el mundo, mientras que la economía representa cómo funciona éste en realidad.

Glaucon's story posed a moral question: could any man resist the temptation of evil if he knew his acts could not be witnessed? Glaucon seemed to think the answer was no. But Paul Feldman sides with Socrates and Adam Smith—for he knows that the answer, at least 87 percent of the time, is yes.

Morality, it could be argued, represents the way that people would like the world to work—whereas economics represents how it actually does work.