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Letter "E" » ethics
«Science cannot stop while ethics catches up - and nobody should expect scientists to do all the thinking for the country»
«The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.»
«The fundamental defect of Christian ethics consists in the fact that it labels certain classes of acts 'sins' and others 'virtue' on grounds that have nothing to do with their social consequences»
Author: Bertrand Russell
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Logician,
Philosopher)
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About:
Christianity
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Keywords:
and others,
classes,
consequences,
defect,
ethics,
fundamental,
grounds,
labels,
sins,
social class,
social classes
«To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle»
Author: Albert Einstein
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Physicist)
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About:
Ethics
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Keywords:
appealed,
basis,
built,
cattle,
comfort,
ethics,
goal,
herd,
herding,
sufficient,
system,
would-be
«The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(
Physicist)
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About:
Beauty,
Goodness,
Ideals,
Philosophy,
Truth
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Keywords:
appealed,
basis,
built,
cattle,
ethics,
filled,
goodness,
herd,
herding,
ideals,
Joy of,
shone,
sufficient,
system
«The human spirit is not dead. It lives on in secret... It has come to believed that compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.-»
Author: Albert Schweitzer
(
Missionary,
Musician,
Philosopher,
Theologian)
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About:
Compassion,
Ethics,
Mankind,
Spirit
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Keywords:
attain,
breadth,
breadths,
depth,
embraces,
ethics,
in breadth,
in secret,
limit,
take root
«What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become colorless. By its curiosity Sin increases the experience of the race. Through its intensified assertion of individualism it saves us from monotony of type. In its rejection of the current notions about morality, it is one with the higher ethics.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
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Critic,
Dramatist,
Novelist,
Poet)
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Keywords:
assertion,
colorless,
ethics,
individualism,
intensified,
intensifies,
intensify,
monotony,
notions,
rejection,
rejections,
saves,
stagnate,
stagnated,
stagnates,
termed,
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