Read quote“There is really no difference between dropping a bomb and killing an innocent man.”
About Ethics
Principles of right conduct, moral responsibility, and ethical judgment.
The collection
Words on Ethics
Read quote“In a world without beauty [...] the good also loses its power of attraction.”
Read quote““There is an imperishable and unchangeable standard, under which we discern that our behaviors should have no deviation or transgression.””
Read quote“The principle, however, upon which I found the necessity of abolition is not Policy but Justice.”
Read quote“when people deeply understand the hearts of others, they naturally act so as not to harm society or other people.”
Read quote“O gece tiyatroyu altmış liraya bir Ermeni’ye terk ettim, şehremaneti ve Darüşşafaka’ya ianeten teslim ettiğim paraları herkes bilir.”
Read quote“That surplus wealth is a sacred trust, to be administered during life by its possessor for the best good of his fellow-men.”
Read quote“There is a complex side to each human being, there is good and bad.”
Read quote“The office and calling of a theologian is so wide, that no argument or controversy on any subject can be considered foreign to his profession.”
Read quote“Ubuntu is the principle that we act humanely and with respect towards others as a way of demanding the same from them.”
Read quote“If you don't stick to your principles, you'll be dead on arrival.”
Read quote“Solo cumple con su deber quien va más allá de sus obligaciones.”
Read quote“The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.”
Read quote“There can, there can be, but one moral standard of excellence for mankind, whether male or female.”
Read quote“The one and the whole work of education may be summed up in the concept—Morality.”
Read quote“The sole and entire task of education is encompassed by the concept, “morality.””
Read quote“It is not profitable for us at present to do moral philosophy.”
Read quote“We can say that the ethical system of the philosopher Confucius is sublime.”
Read quote“文以载道,儒者无不能言之。”
Read quote“做人不是一件容易的事,所以要好好做人,像一个人。”
