Quotes About Ethics

The most important question a seminary student must answer about his professor is not, 'Is he orthodox?,' but 'Is he honest?

Evolution is not humane, but we could be.

Literature should not be surpressed merely because it affects the moral code of the censor.

Chesterton decía que el bien no consiste simplemente en abstenerse de hacer el mal, que el bien no puede ser una virtud meramente negativa y pasiva, que el bien debe ser algo que obra, algo perceptible por sus frutos, así como el blanco es un color y no una simple ausencia de color.

Siempre es que, realizadas por otros, nuestras mismas acciones parecen más sucias

To be sure, there is no advance guarantee that when two practices are in total or massive conflict with each other, one of them will be more firmly established than the other. But that is just an example of the general point that the human condition provides no guarantee that we will not be faced with questions we have no way to settle.

Virtue keeps more people out of heaven than all their sins combined.

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To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations.

Justice is the insurance we have on our lives, and obedience is the premium we pay for it.

A good End cannot sanctifie evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.

Believe nothing against another but on good authority; and never report what may hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt to some other to conceal it.

To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as well as morals.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest.

If we would mend the World, we should mend Ourselves; and teach our Children to be, not what we are, but what they should be.

Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.

If men be good, government cannot be bad.

If thou art clean and warm, it is sufficient; for more doth but rob the Poor, and please the Wanton.

Bill, the point is that right in the middle of this horror there's a creature called man who can see that it's horrible. So where do we come up with these notions like 'evil' and 'cruel' and 'unjust'? You can't say a line looks a little bit crooked unless you've got a notion of a line that's straight.

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

Many people like myself who teach marketing start the course by saying, 'We're not about manipulating consumers, we're about discovering needs and meeting them,' " said Eric Johnson of Columbia University. "And then, if you're in the field awhile, you realize, yes, we can manipulate consumers.

Cowardice asks: Is it safe? Expediency asks: Is it politic? But Conscience asks: Is it right?

Certainly it is a world of scarcity. But the scarcity is not confined to iron ore and available land. The most constricting scarcities are those of character and personality.