Those men are good who study the good of others without regarding themselves. Those men are ordinary men who, while they benefit others, do not neglect their own interests. Those men are demons who destroy another's good for their own profit. What shall we call those who aimlessly destroy that which is another's?

[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/beauvoir/ "Simone de Beauvoir" by Debra Bergoffen at Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy]

[http://users.ox.ac.uk/~worc0337/authors/al-farabi.html Introduction to al-Farabi]

Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for co-operation with oneself.

The sense of mercy is found in all men; the sense of shame is found in all men; the sense of respect is found in all men; the sense of right and wrong is found in all men.

A crisis is taking place in the contemporary world in a variety of forms, cutting across the realms of culture, ethics, politics, and so forth. At the ground of these problems is the fact that the essence of being human has turned into a question mark for humanity itself.

In my TED talk, I argued that it’s not about building trustworthy tech. It’s about creating tools so that people can make choices for themselves — tools that let us shift the conversation on what technology should be

We must fight those who are committed to destruction, without replicating their destructiveness. Understanding how to fight in this way is the task and the bind of a nonviolent ethics and politics.

Scientific and technological “solutions” which poison the environment or degrade the social structure and man himself are of no benefit, no matter how brilliantly conceived or how great their superficial attraction.

When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path. What you do not like when done to yourself, do not do to others.

a. Does a Human Being Have the Right to Let Himself Be Put to Death for the Truth? by H.H.

Israeli attacks [are] devoid of the most basic human values.

Narayana Murthy is a role model for millions of Indians. An iconic figure in the country, he is widely respected and looked up not only for his business leadership but also for his ethics and personal conduct. He represents the face of the new, resurgent India to the world.

Sense of justice is one of the most wonderful ideals of Islam, because as I read in the Quran I find those dynamic principles of life, not mystic but practical ethics for the daily conduct of life suited to the whole world.

The virtuous who are prosperous must be exalted, and the virtuous who are not prosperous must be exalted too.

The death of dogma is the birth of morality.