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Quotes About Ethics

In a society that espouses tolerance, it's amazing how intolerant some folks are to animal agriculture and what comes with producing food.
~ Jared Diamond
It was anti-Nazi Google.
~ Jason Fagone
Standing for something isn't just about writing it down. It's about believing it and living it.
~ Jason Fried
Berry says, I dislike the thought that some animal has been made miserable in order to feed me
~ Unknown
While being a hippie kind of person, you should still be responsible.
~ Jason Williams
The cleanest souls are the easiest to soil.
~ Jasper Fforde
Cash is always the deciding factor in such matters of moral politics; nothing ever gets done unless motivated by commerce or greed.
~ Jasper Fforde
By spiritually I merely mean that I feel I have good in my soul and am inclined to follow the correct course of action given a prescribed set of circumstances.
~ Jasper Fforde
If we didn't execute bankers and rogue traders found guilty of financial mischief, it might give them the clear signal that it's actually okay, and then where would we be?
~ Jasper Fforde
Sometimes you have to do things you don't want to for the greater good.
~ Jasper Fforde
I liked him, but since his particular field of interest was Remote Suggestion--the skill of projecting thoughts into people's heads from a distance--I didn't know whether I actually liked him or he was just suggesting I like him, which was both creepy and unethical. In fact, the whole Remote Suggestion or seeding idea had been banned once it was discovered to be the key ingredient in promoting talent less boy bands, which had until then been something of a mystery.
~ Jasper Fforde
There's more to good or bad than what's written in the Rulebook.
~ Jasper Fforde
He's not as bad as everyone makes out. He might buy venerable old companies and strip their assets, causing numerous layoffs and the odd corporate suicide or two, but that's business. Inside, he's a big teddy bear.
~ Jasper Fforde
Humans have a very clear idea about how to behave, and on many occasions actually do. But it's sometimes disheartening that correct action is drowned out by endless chitter-chatter, designed not to find a way forward but to justify petty jealousies and illogically held prejudices.
~ Jasper Fforde
Believe me, you're going to have to do much worse than this--in the pursuit of freedom, the innocents will suffer--and at your hands.
~ Jasper Fforde
While most humans are wired to be reasonably decent, a few are wired to be utter shits -- and they do tend to tip the balance.
~ Jasper Fforde
By spiritual I merely mean that I feel I have good in my soul and am inclined to follow the correct course of action given a prescribed set of circumstances. Do you understand?
~ Jasper Fforde
Honor is kind of what you get when you weaponize manners ...
~ Jasper Fforde
Some things are worth going to jail for, Victor," replied Bowden in an even tone. "As LiteraTecs we swore to uphold and defend the written word—not indulge a crazed politician's worst paranoic fantasies.
~ Jasper Fforde
lo bueno llevado al extremo se convierte en malo.
~ Javier Cercas
Según eso, también debe de haber falsos buenos —dedujo Olga. —Claro —dijo Melchor—. Son los verdaderos malos.
~ Javier Cercas
O sea que se puede ser un buen escritor siendo un grandísimo hijo de puta. Qué...
~ Javier Cercas
Vatana gelince, o ÅŸeydir, her ÅŸeydir, o ne olduÄŸu bilinmeyen ÅŸeydir ya da basitçe söylemek gerekirse, rezillik, dalaverecilik yapman?n mazeretidir.
~ Javier Cercas
porque yo sé muy bien que en política hay que hacer cosas que nadie quiere hacer, hay que ensuciarse las manos, pactar con el diablo si hace falta. Por eso, si hay infierno, todos los políticos iremos al infierno. Esa es la realidad, y quien no la conoce no debería dedicarse a la política, porque no sabe lo que es el poder.
~ Javier Cercas