Quotes about Ethics

Could men and women who consider it normal to assist the weak, to heal the sick, to protect small children, and to respect the wisdom of their elders understand what happened there? Would they be able to comprehend how, within that cursed universe, the masters tortured the weak and massacred the children, the sick, and the old?

Our ethics are not meant to be created in our childhoods and shoved in a box somewhere; they must be reshaped daily, as we encounter scenarios that challenge our beliefs.

most of us turn to religion for our ethics because we don't know where else to find them.

There is "response" in responsibility.

Freedom begins way back. It begins not with doing what you want but with doing what you ought - that is, with discipline.

I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.

The best of men are just men at best.

One said whatever would be of advantage; the question whether it was true no longer arose.

According to the Stoics, all vice was resolvable into folly: according to the Christian principle, it is all the effect of weakness.

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

The Puritans were obsessed with the dangers of wealth.

Let's face it - selling weapons systems to the Army isn't women's work.