Quotes About Ethics

Los lugares más oscuros del infierno están reservados para aquellos que mantienen su neutralidad en épocas de crisis de moral

I love the gray area between right and wrong.

Sometimes the only course of actions if the lesser of two evils.

desperate times offered a certain flexibility in the rules of absolution.

The price of greatness…is responsibility.'

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

being "soft" on misconduct was the best way to guarantee increasing misconduct.

You have won, but you haven't won fairly.

Por fortuna parati, nosotros los británicos no juzgamos el grado de civilización de un hombre por la amabilidad con que trata a sus amigos, sino por la compasión que demuestra para con sus enemigos

It's a hypothetical question," she said. "Would you kill half the population today in order to save our species from extinction?

RELIGION CANNOT CLAIM MORALITY AS ITS OWN … I AM A GOOD PERSON BECAUSE I AM A GOOD PERSON! GOD HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT!

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

Letter to a Christian Nation.

And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? —NIETZSCHE

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.

Knowledge is a tool and like all tools, its impact is in the hands of the user

El miedo a ser juzgado por una deidad omnisciente ayuda a fomentar la buena conducta".

You're supposed to report the news, she grumbled. Not spread vicious rumors in the form of questions. Martín had always believed in the importance of responsible journalism as a cornerstone of freedom and democracy, and so she was routinely disappointed by journalists who incited controversy by broadcasting ideas that were patently absurd—all the while avoiding legal repercussions by simply turning every ludicrous statement into a leading question.

Fortunately for you, we British judge man's civility not by his compassion for his friends, but by his compassion for his enemies

Righteousness exists in many forms. And more death will come before tonight is over.

Transhumanist

Does the world really need a voice for the poor, the weak, the oppressed, the unborn child? Do we really need souls like these who, though imperfect, spend their lives imploring each of us to read the signposts of morality and not lose our way?

Some must die that others may live.

Nietzsche: "Los que luchan contra monstruos deben cuidarse de no acabar convertidos en uno de ellos".