Quotes About Ethics

Dr. Francis Collins, was impressed with the moral argument on his way back to God. He later wrote, "After twenty–eight years as a believer, the Moral Law still stands out for me as the strongest signpost to God. More than that, it points to a God who cares about human beings, and a God who is infinitely good and holy.

If the Moral Law doesn't exist, then there's no moral difference between the behavior of Mother Teresa and that of Hitler.

Why do we say, "That's true for you but not for me," when we're talking about morality or religion, but we never even think of such nonsense when we're talking to a stock broker about our money or a doctor about our health?

difference between sociology and morality. Sociology is descriptive; morality is prescriptive.

if there is no God, everything is lawful

we humans have a fatal tendency to try to adjust the truth to fit our desires rather than adjusting our desires to fit the truth. But

On the other hand, if there is no God, then your life ultimately means nothing. Since there is no enduring purpose to life, there's no right or wrong way to live it. And it doesn't matter how you live or what you believe—your destiny is dust.

Neither can we deny that free will (the power of free choice) is a good thing.

regardless of what the real truth is concerning religion and morality, our lives are greatly affected by it today and perhaps even in eternity.

it is natural for man to try to attain power without recovering grace...(3)

Companies remain intent on maximising profits, personal salaries, bonuses and career opportunities. Conferences on mindfulness, ethics and vision seem little more than exercises in public relations. These gestures seem trivial in comparison to the core aims of corporations. A meteor will land one day and extinguish them.

Ever since Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher lightened all the regulations for making money, the gap between the haves and have not has grown. Inspired by a 1980's Hollywood movie, the mantra for Wall Street became "greed is good.

Workshop leaders working with business men and women also need to develop the inner empowerment to inquire deeply into corporate values. Mindfulness courses need to expand the vision to address institution problems not just personal stress in the workplace. There is the sickness of greed and aggression in capitalism. Have courses, workshop and programmes become another marketable product to avoid challenging business ethics and policies?

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing

The reason things unacceptable in life are acceptable in fiction is because fiction is often the only way we can comfortably examine the morally obscene. For

So this, I suspect, is where we really begin: In any situation, the villain is the person who knows the most but cares the least.

All human beings search for either reasons to be good, or excuses to be bad.

This isn't about guilt or innocence, he says. The dinosaurs weren't morally good or bad, but they're all dead.

Somehow it seems wrong to photograph a blind person. It's like stealing something valuable they don't even know they own.

Our humanity isn't measured by how we treat other people, our humanity is measured by how we treat animals.

A salacious lie will always trump a noble truth.

In Hell, you'd be foolish to count on people displaying high standards of honesty. The same goes for earth.

Good and evil have always existed. They always will. It's only our stories about them that ever change.

People will just knock each other down to dial 911 and be the big hero.