Ethical Quotes - Page 35

• Ethical man: A Christian holding four aces.

  Mark Twain

  God, Christian, Men

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.34, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• I am not sure whether ethical absolutes exist. But I am sure that we have to act as if they existed or civilization perishes.

  Arthur Koestler

  Civilization, Ethics, Not Sure

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• The fate of the worm refutes the pretended ethical teaching of the proverb, which assumes to illustrate the advantage of early rising and does so by showing how extremely dangerous it is.

  Thomas Bailey Aldrich

  Teaching, Fate, Bed

  Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1903). “The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich: Ponkapog papers, A sea turn, and other papers”

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• There are two kinds of liberalism. A liberalism which is always, subterraneously authoritative and paternalistic, on the side of one's good conscience. And then there is a liberalism which is more ethical than political; one would have to find another name for this. Something like a profound suspension of judgment.

  Roland Barthes

  Names, Two, Profound

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• There's a great deal of difference between thinking reflectively about moral issues and achieving higher standards of ethical behavior.

  Derek Bok

  Thinking, Differences, Issues

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• It is inconceivable to me that an ethical relation to land can exist without love, respect, and admiration for land, and a high regard for its value. By value, I of course mean something far broader than mere economic value; I mean value in the philosophical sense.

  Aldo Leopold

  Philosophical, Mean, Land

  Aldo Leopold (1989). “A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There”, p.223, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Government sponsorship of religious activity, including prayer services, sacred symbols, religious festivals, and the like, tends to secularize the religious activity rather than make government more ethical or religious.

  John M Swomley

  Religious, Prayer, Government

  John M. Swomley (1987). “Religious Liberty and the Secular State: The Constitutional Context”

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• I am, I must confess, suspicious of those who denounce others for having too much sex. At what point does a healthy amount become too much? There are, of course, those who suffer because their desire for sex has become compulsive; in their case the drive (loneliness, guilt) is at fault, not the activity as such. When morality is discussed I invariably discover, halfway into the conversation, that what is meant are not the great ethical questions but the rather dreary business of sexual habit, which to my mind is an aesthetic rather than an ethical issue.

  Edmund White

  Sex, Loneliness, Ethical Questions

  "States of Desire: Travels in Gay America". Book by Edmund White, 1980.

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• With a background in science I am extremely interested in the meeting ground of science, theology, and philosophy, especially the ethical questions at the border of science and theology.

  Alan Lightman

  Philosophy, Ethical Questions, Borders

  ""Mr g," by Alan Lightman". Interview with Jeff Glor, www.cbsnews.com. January 24, 2012.

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• Everywhere, the ethical predicament of our time imposes itself with an urgency which suggests that even the question Have we anything to eat? will be answered not in material but in ethical terms.

  Hugo Ball

  Ethics, Morality, Predicaments

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• We must look after football and to do what it is necessary to bring to the game the best ethical values and personal behaviour.

  Vicente del Bosque

  Football, Games, Behaviour

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• An ethical act is one which does not harm others' experience or expectation of happiness.

  Dalai Lama

  Expectations, Doe, Ethics

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