91 Quotes About Ethical

All sentient beings should have at least one right—the right not to be treated as property

Envy, after all, comes from wanting something that isn't yours. But grief comes from losing something you've already had.

Life, it turns out, goes on. There is no cosmic rule that grants you immunity from the details just because you have come face-to-face with a catastrophe. The garbage can still overflow, the bills arrive in the mail, telemarketers, interrupt dinner.

Your life is a trajectory. Every choice you make alters that trajectory, in a positive or negative way. Will you categorize that dinner with friends as a business expense? Will you be honest with your daughter? Will you take more credit than you’re due? These are just the small questions that we face every day, and little by little, the answers influence the trajectory of our lives and beings.

Ethically, she couldn't cause the suffering of any living thing. Logically, bacon cheeseburgers were delicious.

I think ethical ambivalence is a kind of innoculation, a way of excusing yourself in advance for something you actually want to do. No offense.

We cannot force people to be intelligent, ethical or wise.

Crime exists because immorality is wicked and morality is weak.

Ethics are not always ethical just as morals are not always moral.