Quotes About Ethics

Mere Morality can be summarized as: using instinct, law, and reason as guides, try to act with the intention of minimizing harm.

It appears that in order to win favor in the eyes of the God of the Old Testament, you have to be an obedient and heartless ethnic cleanser. Otherwise, step aside.

Massacring men, women, and children does not raise an eyebrow, but keeping a little war booty is "evil." Notice that throughout the Old Testament, "evil" and "wicked" are not moral judgments. Saul is called "evil" because he disobeyed orders.

No good deed goes unpunished.

May our philosophies keep pace with our technologies. May our compassion keep pace with our powers. And may love, not fear, be the engine of change.

Seek the goodness, become the goodness.D

Who will guard the guards ? If we're the guards of society, then who will watch us and make sure that we're not dangerous?

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. For Langdon, the meaning of these words had never felt so clear: In dangerous times, there is no sin greater than inaction.

Nietzsche: "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.

Man's morality was not advancing as fast as man's science. Mankind was not spiritually evolved enough for the powers he possessed. We have never created a weapon we have not used!

Righteousness exists in many forms.

Seven Deadly Sins. Saligia is an acronym for: superbia, avaritia, luxuria, invidia, gula, ira, and acedia.

When a question has no correct answer; there is only one honest response.

Sometimes the only choice is the lesser of two evils.

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Over the last fifty years," the tall man declared, "our sins against Mother Nature have grown exponentially." He paused. "I fear for the soul of humankind.

When a computer creates art, who is the artist—the computer or the programmer? At MIT, a recent exhibit of highly accomplished algorithmic art had put an awkward spin on the Harvard humanities course: Is Art What Makes Us Human?

I am a good person because I am a good person! God has nothing to do with it!

Science can heal, or science can kill. It depends on the soul of the man using the science.

Dante Alighieri. The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.

darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.

We are who we protect, what we stand up for." -- Sophie, via Dan Brown - The DaVinci Code

I call it 'Prayer for the Future.' " Edmond closed his eyes and spoke slowly, with startling assurance. "May our philosophies keep pace with our technologies. May our compassion keep pace with our powers. And may love, not fear, be the engine of change.

Sometimes the only course of action is the lesser of two evils.