Sunday, September 19, 2010

The Evolution of Ethics

The Last Temptation of HomerImage via WikipediaThe quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved. – Aldous Leonard Huxley




Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account. – Oscar Wilde



Always do right. This will surprise some people and astonish the rest. – Mark Twain



The best way to keep your word is not to give it. – Napolean Bonaparte



Most people are good only so long as they believe others to be so. – Friedrich Hebbel



The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings. – Albert Schweitzer



The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself. – Oscar Wilde




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