Quotes About Ethics

Yak?nl??? belirleyen ?ey zaman ya da imkan de?ildir, sadece karakterdir.

Por una persona en concreto no debes trastocar el significado de principio y de integridad, ni intentar convencerte a ti misma o a mí, de que el egoísmo es prudencia o de que la insensibilidad ante el peligro es un seguro de felicidad

There is one thing (...) a man can always do, if he chooses, and that is, his duty: not by maneuvering and finessing, but by vigor and resolution.

Cuando un joven, sea quien sea, viene y enamora a una linda chica y le promete matrimonio, no tiene derecho a desdecirse de su palabra sólo por haberse empobrecido y que una muchacha rica esté dispuesta a aceptarlo. ¿Por qué, en ese caso, no vende sus caballos, alquila su casa, despide a sus criados, y no da un real vuelco a su vida?

I have often thought them the worst of the two, replied he coolly. Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does.

There certainly was some great mismanagement in the education of those two young men. One has got all the goodness, and the

Un carácter complejo no tiene qué ser más o menos estimable que uno como el suyo.

A clergyman cannot be high in state or fashion.

If there is a good fortune on one side, there can be no occasion for any on the other. No matter which has it, so that there is enough. I hate the idea of one great fortune looking out for another. And to marry for money I think the wickedest thing in existence.

A strong sense of duty is no bad part of a woman's portion

lo agradable de una ocupación no es siempre prueba de su corrección.

Woolf turned her back on a number of tokens of her rising eminence in the 1930s, including an offer of the Companion of Honour award, an invitation from Cambridge University to give the Clark lectures, and honorary doctorate degrees from Manchester University and Liverpool University. 'It is an utterly corrupt society,' she wrote in her diary, '. . . & I will take nothing that it can give me

like our intellect, social media in itself is neither good nor bad—it is the use to which we put it that counts.

The more we learn of the true nature of non-human animals, especially those with complex brains and corresponding complex social behavior, the more ethical concerns are raised regarding their use in the service of man -- whether this be in entertainment, as pets, for food, in research laboratories, or any of the other uses to which we subject them.

Thousands of people who say they 'love' animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who have been utterly deprived of everything that could make their lives worth living and who endured the awful suffering and the terrors of the abattoirs

Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.

wisdom involves using our powerful intellect to recognize the consequences of our actions and to think of the well-being of the whole.

But like our intellect, social media in itself is neither good nor bad—it is the use to which we put it that counts.

Moral evolution, I think, is understanding how we should behave, how we should treat others, understanding justice, understanding the need for a more equitable society.

using our powerful intellect to recognize the consequences of our actions and to think of the well-being of the whole.

I watched a TV show where the scientist proudly showed how he could kill little mice by making a certain kind of loud noise.

And there's another thing, Doug. Just as only we are capable of true evil," Jane said, "I think only we are capable of true altruism.

The horrific conditions in which billions of domestic animals are bred for food, milk, and eggs have also led to the spawning of new diseases such as the contagious swine flu that started on a factory farm in Mexico and noninfectious ones like E. coli, MRSA (staph), and salmonella.

First—we must alleviate poverty. If you are living in crippling poverty, you will cut down the last tree to grow food. Or fish the last fish because you're desperate to feed your family. In an urban area you will buy the cheapest food—you do not have the luxury of choosing a more ethically produced product.