What is moral is
What is moral is what you feel good after. Ernest Hemingway
Morality And Ethics
About morals, I know
About morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. Ernest Hemingway
So let me put
So let me put it thus: Hold on to your principles of morality and ethics, use your willpower to the limit, pay great heed to every noble, uplifting desire that is in you; but realize that these things alone are not enough, that they will never bring you to the desired place. We have to … Read more
You’re damn right we
You’re damn right we need a rational code of morality and ethics. But not much progress can be made in that direction while we’ve still got a majority ranting about gods, devils, souls, and absolute morality, and using an ancient book written by ignorant nomads as a guide. Doug Graham
Integrity, a standard of
Integrity, a standard of personal morality and ethics, is not relative to the situation you happen to find yourself in and doesn’t sell out to expediency. Its short supply is getting shorter – but without it, leadership is a facade. Denis Waitley
I gravitate toward the
I gravitate toward the law, I think, certainly more times than not, because it’s our best mechanism for legislating human behavior, and morality, and ethics. David E. Kelley
Ethics is in origin
Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself. Bertrand Russell
To act without rapacity,
To act without rapacity, to use knowledge with wisdom, to respect interdependence, to operate without hubris and greed are not simply moral imperatives. They are an accurate scientific description of the means of survival. Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
Even the most rational
Even the most rational approach to ethics is defenseless if there isn’t the will to do what is right. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Ethics, too, are nothing
Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life. This is what gives me the fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, promoting, and enhancing life, and that destroying, injuring, and limiting life are evil. Albert Schweitzer