Quotes About Ethics

If the religious system does not correspond to the prevalent social character, if it conflicts with the social practice of life, it is only an ideology.

Non esiste né bene né male se non c'è la libertà di disobbedire.

The essence of the Torah is the command: Do not do unto others as you should not want them to do unto you—the rest is commentary. Go and study.

Thus, our religious attitude may be considered an aspect of our character structure, for we are what we are devoted to, and what we are devoted to is what motivates our conduct.

Une société essentiellement vouée au consumérisme et à l'accumulation de marchandises induit l'individu à minorer son souci d'être (être bien, être quelqu'un de bien, faire le bien) et à majorer ses tendances à avoir, à accaparer, à s'aliéner dans les choses, accumuler les pouvoirs.

No nos sorprende cuando los dirigentes políticos y los ejecutivos de los negocios toman decisiones que parecen beneficiarnos y que al mismo tiempo son nocivas y peligrosas para la comunidad . Desde luego, si el egoísmo es un pilar en la ética practica contemporánea. No parecen saber que la avaricia (y la sumisión) vuelve a la gente estupida, aun a lo que atañe a su verdadero interés, al interés de sus propias vidas y las vidas de sus parejas y sus hijos.

Todos son completamente libres, siempre que no interfieran con los derechos legítimos de los demás.

Prometeu nu se supune, dar nici nu se simte vinovat.

Fate may be rationalized philosophically as natural law or as destiny of man, religiously as the will of the Lord, ethically as duty - for the authoritarian character it is always a higher power outside the individual, towards which the individual can do nothing but submit. The authoritarian character worships the past. What has been, will eternally be. To wish or to work for something that has not yet been before is crime or madness.

There are thousands of Himmlers living among us.

La norma judeo-cristiana de amor fraternal es totalmente diferente de la ética de la equidad. Significa amar al prójimo, es decir, sentirse responsable por él y uno con él, mientras que la ética equitativa significa no sentirse responsable y unido, sino distante y separado; significa respetar los derechos del prójimo, pero no amarlo.

Ich warte auf den Sieg der Anständigkeit, dann könnte ich mich zur Verfügung stellen.

Sie dürfen ihm nichts übelnehmen. Er ist seit zwanzig Jahren Journalist und glaubt bereits, was er lügt. Über seinem Gewissen liegen zehn weiche Betten, und obenauf schläft Herr Münzer den Schlaf des Ungerechten.

Der Mensch ist gut, hat man gesagt. Nun, vielleicht ist das richtig. Doch man darf es ihm nicht zu leicht machen, dem guten Menschen. Sonst kann es plötzlich passieren, daß er schlecht wird.

Machthunger und Geldgier sind Geschwister, aber mit mir sind sie nicht verwandt

Anything you can settle with money is cheap.

Everyone saves someone at least once. Just as he kills someone at least once. Even though he may not know it.

The things men did or felt they had to do.

There was always a screen behind which one could hide— a superior who in turn had his superior— orders, instructions, duties, commands— and finally the many-headed monster, morale, necessity, hard reality, responsibility, or whatever it was called— there was always a screen behind which to evade the simple law of humanity.

I tell you this: it is the most despicable thing of all to drag animals into a war.

Kõik, mida rahaga saab joonde ajada, on odavalt saadud.

ÄŒlovÄ›k nedÄ›lá vždycky, co je správné, synu, Ã…â"¢ekl. Dokonce ani když to ví. V tom nÄ›kdy bývá kouzlo života. ChápeÅ¡?

Those who consider themselves fair, are particularly ruthless.

Moral? yra žmoni? išradimas, bet ne gyvenimo išvada.