What if our better nature wasn't better after all? But was instead, well, just nature?
Kevin DuttonStichwörter: ethics-and-moral-philosophy
Segismundo; que aun en sueños
no se pierde el hacer bien.
Stichwörter: ethics-and-moral-philosophy
the euro, it seems, is stuck in a political no man's land – trapped between two opposing world views. And the battleground is not economics, but ethics.
Martin CohenStichwörter: economics ethics-and-moral-philosophy euro
It is not enough to be nice; you have to be good. We are attracted by nice people; but only on the assumption that their niceness is a sign of goodness.
Roger ScrutonStichwörter: ethics-and-moral-philosophy
Do you feel no compunction, Socrates, at having followed a line of action which puts you in danger of the death penalty?'
I might fairly reply to him, 'You are mistaken, my friend, if you think that a man who is worth anything ought to spend his time weighing up the prospects of life and death. He has only one thing to consider in performing any action--that is, whether he is acting rightly or wrongly, like a good man or a bad one.
Stichwörter: ethics-and-moral-philosophy right-and-wrong-in-philosophy
Divine permission, given to people who think they have god on their side, enables actions that a morally normal unbeliever would not contemplate.
Christopher HitchensStichwörter: ethics-and-moral-philosophy
The currents and eddies of right and wrong, which you find such plain sailing, I can't navigate. I'm no voyager. But in the thickets of the law, oh, there I'm a forester. I doubt if there's a man alive who could follow me there ...
...when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you-where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws from coast to coast-man's laws, not God's-and if you cut them down-and you're just the man to do it-d'you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.
Stichwörter: ethics-and-moral-philosophy
But what they find most amazing and despicable is the insanity of those who all but worship the rich, to whom they owe nothing and who can do them no harm; they do so for no other reason except that they are rich, knowing full well that they are so mean and tightfisted that they will certainly never give them one red cent during their whole lives.
Thomas MoreStichwörter: wealth philosophy ethics-and-moral-philosophy
True morals are a priceless thing that possesses the highest value and can never be bought or sold at any cost.
Abigail LandsbrookStichwörter: morals value ethics-and-moral-philosophy
In silence, an act is an act is an act. Verbalized and discussed, it becomes an ethical problem ...
Aldous HuxleyStichwörter: morality ethics-and-moral-philosophy
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