Standards are always out of date. That is what makes them standards. Alan Bennett Ethics, Morality You May Also Like Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. By H. G. Wells Ethics, Morality We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics. By Franklin D. Roosevelt Credit, Economics, Ethics, Morality, Self-interest She wears her morals like a loose garment. By Langston Hughes Ethics, Morality The best index to a person’s character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back. By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN Character, Ethics, Karma, Thoughtful, Wise I shall never act differently, even if I have to die for it many times. By Socrates Action, Death, Ethics, Morality What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like and immorality is what they dislike. By Alfred North Whitehead Ethics, Majority, Morality
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