Quotes About Ethics

But children?" I said. "I could never do this to children.

Harry had molded him into a man who only killed the killers;

Why should I let anything stand in the way of life, liberty, and the pursuit of vivisection? I

Really, it seemed a bit much—I mean, persistence can be a good thing, and in her professional life it has always been a positive virtue. But in this case, it seemed very close to presumptuous and perhaps even annoying. After

The creatures I had seen were not men, had never been men. They were animals—humanised animals—triumphs of vivisection.

Time transcends morality

He believed there was nothing essentially unAmerican about greed or lust—hey, those qualities were encouraged everywhere from Wall Street to Capitol Hill.

Never kill an animal but for three reasons: for food or hide, for defense, for mercy.

What would it be like to tattoo a living, beating heart? Could it be done?

I'm not a bad person." Zagaev looked up at me with imploring eyes. Claims of ethical purity are a common strategy in games like this. But they're paper, forever losing to scissors.

chest. 'You are committing a felony! There

the only people who made a profit out of crime were the lawyers and the criminals

A police uniform, he was warned by the commander on his first day on parade, could change a person's personality, and not always for the better.

you should take your consciences with you, and leave your politics in the chamber.' Lord

Everyone should be allowed to follow their own conscience, Wainwright, when it comes to facing a moral dilemma. Bertrand Russell, no doubt, said Wainwright. Jesus Christ, actually, said George

Compromise is for those who have no courage, no morals and no principles.

He that filches from me my good name, robs me of that which not enriches him, and makes me poor indeed.

This is an age of impunity, a time when the rich and powerful get away with their misdeeds, and are even lauded for them in some quarters.

Small children, by their very nature, are moral monsters.

The question is whether such a technique can really make a man good. Greatness comes from within, 6655321. Goodness is something chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man.

If doctors practiced medicine the way many companies practice management, there would be far more sick and dead patients, and many more doctors would be in jail.

lying produces few to no severe sanctions, lying increases in frequency.

lying is then common, it becomes normative, in the sense that norms describe common behavioral patterns. Because lying becomes normative, it isn't sanctioned

73% of companies have decided that lying to their employees about their potential to advance is the right choice.