Quotes About Ethics

Computer programmers, biotechnologists, environmental scientists, neuroscientists, nanotech engineers - all of these fields, and more, should have at least a course in ethics as part of their degree requirements.

Each generation, as it seeks to advance the common good, must ask anew: 'What are the requirements that governments may reasonably impose upon citizens, and how far do they extend? By appeal to what authority can moral dilemmas be resolved?'

Autocratic power requires the degradation of moral authority - not the capture of moral high ground.

What the world requires of the Christians is that they should continue to be Christians.

The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.

For scholarship - if it is to be scholarship - requires, in addition to liberty, that the truth take precedence over all sectarian interests, including self-interest.

In addition, the bill passed by the House requires a person performing an abortion on a minor from a different state to notify one parent in the home state.

If you're going to play a prostitute, you can't be too squeamish about that sort of thing. It's just part of the job, since the role requires it.

To operate based on conviction and belief requires an acceptance that your actions could get you fired. This is different from pig-headed bravado, and it is different from putting the company at risk.

I think it is a mistake to focus - as we most often do - only on the sacrifice of life that war requires. War also requires that we sacrifice our normal unwillingness to kill.

MSNBC policy requires journalists to report any potential conflict of interest and to seek approval from the president of NBC News before making any political contribution.

The notion that public service requires men and women of good character now seems quaint.

We know what's in our Cheerios and in our retirement accounts because the law requires disclosure.

I am in favor of stem-cell research. I am not in favor of creating new human embryos through cloning.

We need to have much clearer regulations on things like corporate funding of scientific research. Things need to be made explicit which are implicit.

You know, the polls show that 70 percent of the people are for stem-cell research.

Now, ignorance is one thing, ignorance can be cured. But many of the Republican leaders opposing this research know better.

I believe that we as the leader of the Free World must provide important leadership on the ethical parameters, the ethical constraints that this research requires.

What is fetus farming? Simply put, it is the creation and development of a human fetus for the purposes of later killing it for research or for harvesting its organs.

We all have a responsibility to make sure everyone - including companies, governments, and researchers - develop AI with diversity in mind.

The public relies on the advice of doctors and leading researchers. The public has a right to know about financial relationships between those doctors and the drug companies who make the pharmaceuticals prescribed by doctors.

Whether it's buying products or researching what you're buying, or just becoming aware of what you're buying, you're saying so much with the money that you're spending.

If I can't cast Amitabh Bachchan because he's over 65, should I cast Abhishek Bachchan instead just because he resembles him and has a similar name?

One thing I resent is the slur that I just support political candidates because of the business.