Evil presupposes a moral decision, intention, and some forethought. A moran or a lout, howeverm doesn't stop to think or reason.
No one is moral among the god-controlled puppets of the _Iliad_. Good and evil do not exist.
I frowned at him. "Isn't sarcasm the opiate of the masses?" "You're thinking of religion," he replied. "Sarcasm is the Xanax of the morally bereft.
The Holy Spirit opens the inner recesses of our hearts and enables us to see the moral cesspools hidden there.
Most often people seek in life occasions for persisting in their opinions rather than for educating themselves.
Without causality in the world, there is no point in educating people, or making any moral or political appeal.
Without man and his potential for moral progress, the whole of reality would be a mere wilderness, a thing in vain, and have no final purpose.
He who wears his morality but as his best garment were better naked. The wind and the sun will tear no holes in his skin.
Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
One mustn’t justify day-to-day morality with extraordinary circumstances. Otherwise, we would all feel free to rape and murder at the drop of a cat.
If the story-tellers could ha' got decency and good morals from true stories, who'd have troubled to invent parables?
The moral world has no particular objection to vice, but an insuperable repugnance to hearing vice called by its proper name.
I think bad politics are incredibly dangerous, so it's important to make sure that people are communicating well. Culture and morale are super important. It's best to not force it, but let it happen organically and genuinely.
I could have had someone else take care of my child but I did it because that was my moral obligation and also it was a joy and I felt it was in the best interests of the child.
No, i mean enterprising." said Will. "When I mean morally deficient, I say,`Now, that is something i would have done´
For some people a thing may be right, and for others it may be wrong. There is no greater truth to morality -it is merely an opinion.
Leaders are usually a reflection of the people they lead. How can a leader be moral if his people are immoral?
Moral crusaders with zeal but no ethical understanding are likely to give us solutions that are worse than the problems.
They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.
I have certain moral parameters that I do not cross in writing; I don't write about adultery or kids having premarital sex.
We care about moral issues, nobility, decency, happiness, goodness—the issues that matter in the real world, but which can only be addressed, in their purity, in fiction.
