Quotes About Ethics

The greater the proportion of pure morality in a particular system, the happier and more enduring the society.

La moral pura es única y universal. No sufre ninguna alteración en el transcurso del tiempo, ni tampoco ninguna añadidura. No depende de ningún factor histórico, económico, sociológico o cultural; no depende de nada en absoluto. No está determinada y determina. No está condicionada y condiciona. En otras palabras: es un absoluto.

Prihvati ?injenicu da ljudi nemaju ni dostojanstva ni prava; da su dobro i zlo jednostavni pojmovi, jedva teoretizirani oblici užitka i boli. U svemu s ljudima postupaj jednako kao sa životinjama; zaslužuju razumijevanje i sažaljenje, kako zbog duše, tako i zbog tijela. Nastavi tim plemenitim i uzvišenim putem.

Kiedy byÅ'am maÅ'a – opowiedziaÅ'a mi nieco pó?niej – nie mogÅ'am nawet kury zabi?. Ja, prawdÄ™ mówiÄ…c, te? nie; ale zabi? czÅ'owieka wydawaÅ'o mi siÄ™ du?o Å'atwiejsze.

Jos hävittää moraalisuuden omasta persoonastaan, se on sama kuin karkoittaisi maailmasta moraalin, siinä määrin kuin se on itsestä kiinni.

a decir verdad, algunos seguidores de esos movimientos parecían incluso tomar sistemáticamente partido por los animales en contra del hombre, sentir más congoja ante el anuncio de la desaparición de una especie de invertebrados que ante el de una hambruna que diezmara la población de un continente. Hoy

L'homme n'est ni ange, ni bête, et le malheur veut que qui veut faire l'ange fait la bête" [El hombre no es ni ángel ni bestia y, por desgracia, el que quiere hacerse el ángel hace el tonto].

Or si le "pirate" lèse matériellement l'auteur, moralement il lui donne la plus belle des couronnes.

You cannot have a society of angels except in heaven

Well, I think one thing that we can do, quite simply, is to withhold funding from Planned Parenthood. It's the largest provider of abortion in the United States. They are a billion-dollar industry. As a matter of fact, the head of Planned Parenthood in Illinois said that Planned Parenthood wants to be the LensCrafters of Big Abortion.

Why did something so wrong have to feel so right

Did I just see you litter?' 'I'm driving a hybrid. It cancels out.

took to heart Jack's concerns about my being on the search committee. Would I be serving the church or my own ends? (Both, I decided. Two to four hundred hours of work was not a negligible contribution, and if I got material for a book as well, who could say I hadn't earned it?)

Sin is when you aim for the mark (righteousness) and miss it; transgression is when you acknowledge the mark but choose to do your own thing anyway.

I'm not staring. I'm observing. . . . And what do you observe? . . . A brave young woman who has always fought for what was right, even when it was unpopular.

Sometimes, Anu, we have to take actions that make us sad because it's the right thing to do for the future.

We learned about honesty and integrity - that the truth matters... that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules... and success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square.

Men like that — when they know they won't be found out — they will do anything.

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.' VOLTAIRE

But philosophy is one thing, praxis is another.

My father was someone that I always looked to for guidance. I sought to emulate his beliefs and his actions. He was a former Jesuit Catholic priest turned professor and scientist. My father led by word and by deed. He taught me ethics and morality through the study of philosophy, especially that of Socrates.

It's our patented Three Laws of Robotics. They're a fundamental part of every robot we manufacture, and we do not continue building or programming until it has become an integral part of them.

The journalists and their editors were totally ruthless and had no respect for the lives of the surviving victims. Publishing their names and addresses meant that the killer could have found them and killed them, because they could identify him.

Boetie said he would leave the house after a fight with his wife and walk the streets looking for a prostitute. He hated prostitutes and considered it a sin that they should charge money for a gift they had received from their Creator. In his opinion, they did not deserve to live.