Intellectuals are judged not by their morals, but by the quality of their ideas, which are rarely reducible to simple verdicts of truth or falsity, if only because banalities are by definition accurate.
Perry AndersonTag: truth morals ideas intellectuals accuracy banality falsity
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. I hold that the more helpless a creature the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of humankind.
Mahatma GandhiTag: animals inspiration morals humankind protection
It is through justification of one's actions that a completely guiltless life is possible.
Ashly LorenzanaTag: life morality ethics morals integrity guilt actions justification
Without morality and virtue most things in a free society fall apart. But with them, anything is possible.
Glenn BeckHIGGINS. Have you no morals, man?
DOOLITTLE [unabashed] Cant afford them, Governor. Neither could you if you was as poor as me.
Tag: morals poverty social-class
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If an action must be taken that will benefit the majority at the cost of the minority, is it morally indefensible?
If an action taken for the benefit of a majority occurs at the expense of a minority, is it moral action?
Tag: majority minority morals action shade benefit garth-nix shades-children
I believe that children in this country need a more robust literary diet than they are getting. …It does not hurt them to read about good and evil, love and hate, life and death. Nor do I think they should read only about things that they understand. '…a man’s reach should exceed his grasp.' So should a child’s. For myself, I will never talk down to, or draw down to, children.
(from the author's acceptance speech for the Caldecott award)
Tag: morals children literature child fables lessons childrens-books
One of the biggest contradictions in self-proclaimed open-mindedness is to say that we're all one but when a true bigot comes around tell him we're all different. It's usually the case that neither side is correct. One might have the right to do something, anything, but sure enough, that doesn't mean it's right and a benefit to other people.
Criss JamiTag: morals different open-mindedness laws close-mindedness contradiction bigotry rights oneness benefit beneficial
What is worse? Taking the life of a person who wants to live or taking death from a person who wants to die.
Jo NesbøVice is nice, but a little virtue won't hurt you.
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