Quotes About Ethics

Between 6 and 8 percent of pigs die before they are trucked from the factory farm to slaughter. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, about 123 million pigs were slaughtered in 2006. That means 7 to 10 million died on their own before we could kill them.

When an evil masochist dies, does he go to hell, or would heaven be a better punishment?

99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.

I was with my girlfriend, and we saw eight big guys pushing an old lady around. My girlfriend says, "Do something about it." So I went up to them and asked, "Is that any way to treat an elderly lady?" They said, "It's one way." So I thought, "That's reasonable."

Away with them, away; we should not believe fairy stories if we wish to be good. Think of them as persons from the fairy wood.

We are as gods and might as well get good at it.

Da nessun'altra parte il reato commesso per necessità è tollerato come in Germania: è uno di quegli aspetti che i cappellani militari alleati chiamano mancanza di morale. Scendere in basso è più lecito che soccombere.

Takes more than combat gear to make a man Takes more than a license for a gun Confront your enemies, avoid them when you can A gentleman will walk but never run

The cool contemplation of other people's suffering while one exhibits polished manners in a society that is deemed civil is only a shade less immoral than the direct infliction of suffering. Thus, civilization, as it is often practiced today, is really manufactured, inauthentic civilization.

There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.

I have never seen anything like this," Bayard said. "It is…strange. I almost do not want this power-to make a man an animal.

There was no easy path to what was right, what was truth.

You can't bear to think that Valraven is like the rest of us-a mixture of attributes, both good and bad.

The serpent has the potential to be used for good or evil. It represents the creative force or building blocks of the universe, which is dualistic.

A true magus understands he has to dance on both sides of the coin. Utter goodness is as bad as pure evil.

How was it possible to own such power? Khaster knew Tayven wanted him, so he couldn't refuse. Was this any better than what Bayard had done earlier? He couldn't tell. He just wanted to taste those lips.

Are you saying that he deserves to die?' I asked, chilled. 'We all deserve to die,' he answered.

He had the compassion of a vivisectionist.

The Gelaming regarded themselves as a force for good, and in many ways they were, but they were also inexorable and their compassion could often feel like oppression.

The organizing theme of 1 Corinthians is how to live as a Christian in an increasingly secular world.

advanced technology is converting many industries into factories full of robots raises questions about work, leisure, and meaning for life. The proliferation of nuclear weapons creates a morbid fear of the destruction of the human race which undermines the moral and ethical foundations of our society.

Healers make the most dreadful enemies, Scion of the House of Strong-in-the-Arm. The knowledge that saves lives can be used to do exactly the opposite. Especially when they have the blood of the Wise Ones in their veins.

The day was dark as a lawyer's soul.

I must admit that, either from temperament or taste, or from both, I am quite incapable of understanding how any work of art can be criticised from a moral standpoint. The sphere of art and the sphere of ethics are absolutely distinct and separate;