Quotes About Ethics

I don't favor institutional capital punishment

Conscience is a God to all mortals.

The path of duty lies in what is near, and man seeks for it in what is remote.

Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and knowledge are not infused into us from without.

Benevolence is man's mind, and righteousness is man's path.

Sincerity is the way of Heaven.

He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.

Benevolence is the tranquil habitation of man, and righteousness is his straight path.

There is no attribute of the superior man greater than his helping men to practice virtue.

Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.

The superior man will not manifest either narrow-mindedness or the want of self-respect.

From the feelings proper to it, [man's nature] is constituted for the practice of what is good.

Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.

The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute, he simply speaks and does what is right.

Honor was never taking the easy way when it was also the wrong one. Never telling a falsehood unless the truth was painful and unnecessary, or a lie was necessary to save others. Never manipulating the truth to serve only yourself. Protecting the weak and helpless; standing fast even when fear made you weak. Keeping your word.

The freedom to swing your fist ends at my nose.

The problems are hidden inside code and data, which makes them harder to see and easier to ignore.

Using a journalist's skepticism about what can go wrong can help us move from blind technological optimism to a more reasonable, balanced perspective

Because social decisions are about more than just calculations, problems will always ensue if we use data alone to make decisions that involve social and value judgments.

would go through a decision tree to decide what to do: if it is a living thing like a person or a dog, slow down; if it is a living thing like a bird, it will probably move out of the way, so no need to slow down.

However, as life has become more computational, people haven't changed. Just because we have open government data doesn't mean we don't have corruption.

He who cannot bear the loss of his own honour and reputation will never advance in spiritual life". São Filipe Néri, em "St. Philip Neri: Apostle of Rome", de Meriol Trevor.

The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.

Humanism without the root of love will be a cruel world see worldly hypocrisy.