Quotes About Ethics

the primary sources of moral decay in this country are the theaters, the dance halls, and the saloons.

It is no grcat thing to livc long, nor cvcn to livc for cvcr; but it is a grcat thing to live well.

Moral decisions. She had thought she was done with them. You did your best and then wondered for the rest of your life if you'd done the right thing.

Reducing parables to a single meaning destroys their aesthetic as well as ethical potential.

Judas, too, is in the image and likeness of the divine. He is not a demon, although he may seem to us to be one. He is a human being. And we cannot afford to demonize human beings. Judas calls us to conscience.

Righteousness" for Luke does not mean having the correct theology. Righteousness means behaving in a way marked by justice.

It's possible these men were afraid. . . . And so the first question that the priest [and] the Levite asked was, 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' . . . But then the Good Samaritan came by, and he reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?

Jesus has to explain that dropping bombs is not the proper response to a lack of hospitality.

to Jesus's Jewish audience as well as to Luke's readers, the idea of a "good Samaritan" would make no more sense than the idea of a "good rapist" or a "good murderer.

Some businessmen make deals even if the date of the deal coincides with funeral of their mothers. I like this kind of business people

The bank is the only criminal that is not accountable

Treat other people's home as you want them to respect yours because what goes around comes around.

[Anacharsis] laughed at him [Solon] for imagining the dishonesty and covetousness of his countrymen could be restrained by written laws, which were like spiders' webs, and would catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but easily be broken by the mighty and rich.

Bad mind, bad heart. (Mals Mens, Malus Animus)

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

Religion has done love a great servive by making it a sin.

It is almost impossible systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to believe that human life is to be respected. Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil.

Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil.

Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.

Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom

Epicure a dit: ou Dieu veut empêcher le mal et ne le peut, ou il le peut et ne le veut, ou il ne le peut ni ne le veut, ou il le veut et le peut. S'il le veut et ne le peut, il est impuissant; s'il le peut et ne le veut, il est pervers; s'il ne le peut ni ne le veut, il est impuissant et pervers; s'il le veut et le peut, que ne le fait-il, mon père ?

Veo aquí materia suficiente para formar muchos Tomás de Aquino y muchos Arrios, si las inteligencias no hubieran perdido su antiguo ardor lo mismo para el bien que para el mal.

I freely acknowledge that it is almost impossible systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to believe that human life is to be respected. Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil.

La razón guía y alumbra, pero si la divinizáis, acaso ciegue y sea instigadora de crímenes…