Principle, particularly moral principal, can never be a weathervane, spinning around this way and that with the shifting winds of read more

Principle, particularly moral principal, can never be a weathervane, spinning around this way and that with the shifting winds of expediency. Moral principle is a compass forever fixed and forever true. And that is as important in business as it is in the classroom.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.

I'm one of the undeserving poor . . . up ugen middle-class
morality all the time . . . read more

I'm one of the undeserving poor . . . up ugen middle-class
morality all the time . . . . What is middle-class morality?
Just an excuse for never giving me anything.

Kant, as we all know, compared moral law to the starry heavens,
and found them both sublime. On the read more

Kant, as we all know, compared moral law to the starry heavens,
and found them both sublime. On the naturalistic hypothesis we
should rather compare it to the protective blotches on a beetle's
back, and find them both ingenious.

An ethical person ought to do more than he's required to do and less than he's allowed to do

An ethical person ought to do more than he's required to do and less than he's allowed to do

Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.

Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.

There is something more horrible than hoodlums, churls and
vipers, and that is knaves with moral justification for their read more

There is something more horrible than hoodlums, churls and
vipers, and that is knaves with moral justification for their
cause.

I think it's unethical to take money for poor quality performance.

I think it's unethical to take money for poor quality performance.

Dr. Johnson's morality was as English an article as a beefsteak.

Dr. Johnson's morality was as English an article as a beefsteak.