Quotes About Ethics

help people realize that their actions, however small they may seem, will truly make a difference. The cumulative effect of thousands of ethical actions can help to save and improve our world for future generations. And why would you bother to take action if you did not truly hope that it would make a difference?

We must remember that we have not inherited this planet from our parents, we have borrowed it from our children. But we have not been borrowing their future, we have stolen it and we keep stealing it.

We need a new universal moral code.

think that wisdom involves using our powerful intellect to recognize the consequences of our actions and

I think humanity at least has a shared understanding of what justice means.

The point is, you have a choice, and you do the right thing; you don't act on it.

No relationship is without erotic feeling, Evelyn said. She had heard it somewhere at a cocktail party, an academic cocktail party. Someone else had added, as she added now, But that doesn't necessarily mean it has to be acted upon.

It was not that he felt that the world would damage or hurt Frankie in any way, it was much more that there were plenty of things out in the world that Frankie would learn about, and that he would then have no scruples at all.

us, you have been just; you have acted faithfully, while we did wrong.

Why would anyone want to be God? he asked. It's a terrible occupation.

Who's the best person you know. Of all the people you know personally, is there anyone who has a sense of right and wrong and lives by it? This was a sticky question because it would have to be Ranger ...but I suspected he occasionally killed people. Only bad people, of course, but still...

I got out of the elevator and confronted Mr. Wexler. "Killing is wrong." "We kill chickens," Mr. Wexler said. "We kill cows. We kill trees. So big deal, we kill some drug dealers." It was hard to argue with that kind of logic because I like cows and chickens and trees much better than drug dealers.

She doesn't know," Cate said. "Kellen is a secret. I didn't think my mother would approve." "Why wouldn't your mother approve?" Pugg asked. "It's my job," Kellen said. "I kill people. It pays well, but it's not universally socially acceptable.

You know what your problem is? You got too many scruples. One or two is okay, but you get too many of them, and it clogs everything up. What she said made no sense at all, but was probably right. I got some scruples, Lula said, but I know when to stop. There's a point where you have to say enough is enough and screw scruples.

You don't wear responsibility like clothes. You can't take it off and put it on when you feel like. You wear responsibility on the inside, and it isn't that easy to remove. You have to learn how to live with it.

There's no such thing as semi-legal.

White lies are a gray area

Shakespeare. "To do a great right, do a little wrong.

You'd lie to the pope." I caught myself halfway through the sign of the cross. "I almost never lie." Only when it's absolutely necessary. And on those occasions when the truth doesn't seem appropriate.

So, is it against the law to shoot someone after he's already dead?" "Yes, it's against the law." I made a small grimace. "I thought it would be.

He was a cop. Got kicked off the force for demanding favors from prostitutes of both genders. We used to call him Morty the Mole because he'd bury his doodah in whatever hole was available.

Superbia, Acedia, Luxuria, Ira, Gula, Invidia, Avaritia. The seven deadly sins. That's the extent of my Latin.

The one who deserves your scorn is the bus driver who abandoned his vehicle in Camarillo to get high on pot.

The morally correct answer is yes, but the practical answer is no.