Quotes About Ethics

Many persons have of late left off the use of West-India sugar on account of the iniquitous manner in which it is obtained. Those families who have done so, and have not substituted any thing else in its place, have not only cleansed their hands of blood, but have made a saving to their families, some of six pence, and some of a shilling a week. If this, or a part of this were appropriated to the uses before-mentioned, it would abundantly suffice

Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honoured by the name of speculation; but which ought to be called Gambling.

Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.

Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of speculation; but which ought to be called Gambling.

He who can deliberately inflict torture upon an animal, in order to heighten the pleasure his palate is to receive in eating it, is an abuser of the authority which God has given him, and is, indeed, a tyrant in his heart.

The law of nature bids a man not starve in the midst of plenty, and forbids his being punished for taking food wherever he can find it. Your law of nature is sitting at Westminster.

Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds.

He that first cries out stop thief, is often he that has stolen the treasure.

Glory built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.

Doing good, Disinterested good, is not our trade.

The man that dares traduce, because he can with safety to himself, is not a man.

Assail'd by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was, a blameless life.

What do you call dumping 22,000 pounds of organic chemical waste into the Mississippi River every day? You call it "organic loading.

Corporations have neither bodies to be punished, nor souls to be condemned, they therefore do as they like. Edward, First Baron Thurlow

Corporations have neither bodies to be punished, nor souls to be condemned, they therefore do as they like.

The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.

It's easy enough to be sensible for other people. But when it comes to myself, there I am! Especially, when I want to do what I oughtn't so much that it seems as if doing what I didn't want to do MUST be doing what I ought!

Even animals know better than to foul their own nest

We have to keep asserting that people committ crimes not because they come from so-called deprived backgrounds, but because they're wicked. The statistics showing that only .00137% of all crimes of senseless violence are carried out by stockbrokers from Sunningdale prove only that folk are stockbrokers because they have a sense of right and wrong - not vice versa.

Prozac fundamentally and selectively alters personality without altering perception. This gives rise to disturbing questions: By using Prozac, are we fiddling with the human soul? Does the drug's effectiveness mean that we don't have a soul-that the mind is merely a glob of tissue in which electrical and chemical events occur?

It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right.

Scoundrels will be corrupt and unconcerned citizens apathetic under even the best constitution.

If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.

Save the world by torturing one innocent child? Which innocent child?