Quotes About Ethics

It's the Platonic philosophy in The Republic that philosophers should lead the country.

Philosophy should be an energy; it should find its aim and its effect in the amelioration of mankind.

By the grace of reality and the nature of life, man—every man—is an end in himself, he exists for his own sake, and the achievement of his own happiness is his highest moral purpose.

The worst type of man behaves as badly in his waking life as some men do in their dreams.

Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.

Dove la moralità è troppo forte l'intelletto perisce.

The gentleman understands what is moral. The small man understands what is profitable.

A man of business may talk of philosophy a man who has none may practise it.

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby becomes a monster.

The whole interest of my reason, whether speculative or practical, is concentrated in the three following questions: What can I know? What should I do? What may I hope? (Critique of Pure Reason

The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important objects of philosophy.

An opportunity fordoing an injury happens a hundred times a day, hut for doing good not once a year, " says Zoroaster.

Sooner or later everyone behaves badly. Some of us are just better at it than others.

Government is a system of morality developed by philosophers and refined by mercenaries.

There is no shame in doing the right thing, even if its too late.

for that men have been good does not suffice for them to continue being good, unless one cares about it to the end.

When we teach people that suspending moral judgments is a virtue, the necessary outcome is moral horror.

Integrity is the ultimate foundation of leadership.

Find out the difference between ethics and morality, but never forget to be kind.

Good things happen, bad things are done...

Many people are not conforming with theism, but they are comfortable with spiritualism.

Morality is societal, but kindness is universal. Be kind even if it not always ethical.

Life is a consequence of our moral choices.

the euro, it seems, is stuck in a political no man's land – trapped between two opposing world views. And the battleground is not economics, but ethics.