Ethics Quotes

"Sin is a spiritual and moral malignancy" "As an adherent of nonviolence, I cannot consistently support war." "Man is the only animal who causes pain to others with no further purpose" "I've always defined obscenity as any situation in which some people are forced to witness others exercising their liberties" "There are only two kinds of men; the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous" "A man's conscience and his judgment is the same thing, and as the judgment, so also the conscience may be erroneous." "I judge people based on their capability, honesty, and merit." "The nature of man is evil; his goodness is only acquired training. " "In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so" "So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world" "The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better." "Intellectuals may like to imagine themselves as people who speak truth to power, but too often they are people who speak lies to gain power" "There are some situations from which one can only escape by acting like a devil or a lunatic" "Truth cannot afford to be tolerant where it faces positive evil." "Loyalty to the right aims and objects is an admirable thing " "If our well-being is not only of value to ourselves but also for others, then the concept of morality cannot be subjective." "I regard as a mortal sin not only the lying of the lips, but also the failure to tell the whole truth, thus entailing deception" "All men profess honesty as long as they can" "Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere." "Of all the bad men, religious bad men are the worst."