Quotes About Ethics

Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing can ever be made.' – Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804 'He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.' – Proverbs, 28:20 'Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!' – Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do Edmund Burke (1729–97)

Thou shalt not steal; an empty feat, When it's so lucrative to cheat. - Arthur Hugh Clough 'The Latest Decalogue' Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem laeseris. It is part of human nature to hate the man you have hurt. - Tacitus Aricola,

J.K. Rowling's and Terry Pratchett's. He liked to lose himself in fantasies where people always solved their problems, made sure that right was done and evil cast aside. If only life was that simple.

No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. - William Shakespeare Richard III (Act I, scene ii) Protection is not a principle but an expedient. - Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881

all you had at the end of the day was your name, and that made it the more important because it was something you either respected or you were ashamed of. Your name was all you had, the only thing that you couldn't ever deny.

Right action is not a fixed right action, it is an action that is conditioned by love and respect. It is an action that considers the consequences of our actions in terms of whether or not they cause suffering.

If untimely death came only those who deserved that fate, Keturah, where would choice be? No one would do good for its own sake, but only to avoid an early demise. No one would speak out against evil because of his own courageous soul, but only to live another day. The right to choose is man's great gift, but one thing is not his to choose--the time and means of death.

When a lie is not for yourself it's easier to say it.

I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I'd gladly eat a network executive or a politician.

Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the United States has given up the moral high ground that we used to occupy as an international leader.

When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird. He was laying there and something struck me. Why do we call this fun to kill this creature [who] was as happy as I was when I woke up this morning.

You're looking...good enough to eat. Figuratively speaking, I'm strictly vegan.

A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.

In fact the taboo against killing and eating one's relatives is the most fundamental precondition if people are to live together and cooperate on a daily basis.

THE PUZZLE of cannibalism concerns the socially sanctioned con­ sumption of human flesh when other foods are available.

Strictly speaking, human flesh itself contains the highest-qual­ ity protein that one can eat.

Los hombres nunca han tenido que poner en un plato de la balanza el placer sexual y en el otro la dolorosa prueba en que culmina el embarazo.

Honesty is basic. It is true that lying is an accomplice to every other form of vice. Or, as someone has said, 'Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.' (O. W. Holmes, in The Home Book of Quotations, p. 1111.)

One little lie or dishonest act leads to another until the perpetrator is caught in the web of deceit.

Jesus said, "Shame on the flesh that depends on the soul. 2) Shame on the soul that depends on the flesh.

To begin with, one must not cause grief to anyone, whether great or small, unbeliever or believer, and one must not give help to those who are well off.

We have all heard of the bottom line, but have you heard of the triple bottom line? Abbreviated 3BL, it's also known as the three pillars or the three Ps: profit, people, and the planet. More companies are adopting the Zero Waste Business Principles developed by ZWIA, principles that encourage looking at resources in new ways.

Certain I am, that Christian Religion does no where allow Rebellion.