Quotes About Ethics

No sooner is a playhouse opened in any part of the Kingdom than it at once becomes surrounded by a halo of brothels.

Anyone on the side of truth, wherever it led, was a compatriot to be lauded.

The Bonhoeffers raised their children to do the right thing, so when they behaved selflessly and bravely, it was difficult to argue.

One cannot demand "the truth" at any cost, and for this girl to admit in front of the class that her father is a drunkard is to dishonor him. How one tells the truth depends on circumstances.

During this period, he did some things that challenge our modern sensibilities.

They understood that freedom was not merely the freedom to be left alone; it was the freedom to do what was right.

the suppression of the Slave Trade and the reformation of manners.

What determines our being virtuous is largely the absence of opportunity to be otherwise

I take no pleasure of what needs to be done! - 343 Guilty Spark

The big question of our time is not Can it be built? but Should it be built? This places us in an unusual historical moment: our future prosperity depends on the quality of our collective imaginations.

The big question of our time is not Can it be built? but Should it be built?

We have the capacity to build almost anything we can imagine. The big question of our time is not Can it be built? but Should it be built? This

About 75 percent of the cattle in the United States were routinely fed livestock wastes—the rendered remains of dead sheep and dead cattle—until August of 1997. They were also fed millions of dead cats and dead dogs every year, purchased from animal shelters.

And workers who needed to go to the bathroom weren't allowed to take a break. They were forced to pee right on the slaughterhouse floor, near meat that people would soon be eating.

One day we had a conversation where we figured we could just try and predict the stock market... and then we decided it was illegal. So we stopped doing that.

I don't believe society understands what happens when everything is available, knowable and recorded by everyone all the time.

Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.

Statistically, half of all humans are below median intelligence and easily led astray by the ten percent who combine above average intelligence with a defective sense of ethics.

The Hippocratic Oath is deadly silent on communication between doctor and patient relevant to the patient's treatment.

Because doing the right thing is not the goal, doing the best thing is what you must strive for.

A cretin can kill you just as efficiently as a genius, and usually a whole lot quicker because a cretin has no conscience.

Omul nu este nevoit sa fie partas la greselile epocii in care traieste

calcul serait partiel, car il y a des avortements

Life isn't the orderly black-and-white business we'd prefer it to be. It's messy and complicated and horribly blurred around the edges. All we can ever do is make the best of it. And maybe grab at those fleeting chances of happiness.' 'But never at the expense of anyone else's