#morality quotes

As members of human society, perhaps the most difficult task we face daily is that of touching one another - whether the touch is physical, moral, emotional, or imaginary. Contact is crisis. As the anthropologists say, "every touch is a modified blow."

So what do we do when we try to make moral judgments? We all pick and choose among rival philosophies, rival religions, and rival professional societies, creating our own amalgams. On some issues, we go with a professional society statement, on others with the Catholic church, the Supreme Court, the Republican party, or the New York Times. Oddly, we have no trouble at all citing these authors as determinative when we agree with their positions and dismissing them as dastardly when we do not. Really, all we are doing is finding whatever support we can for our deeply held and ultimately fragile moral intuitions.

A man will silence the voice of his conscience when it suits him to commit sin.

Let us put it generally: if a regime is immoral, its citizens are free from all obligations to it.

When you have a voice, you also have a moral obligation to use that voice for good.

If you know something is morally reprehensible, then it is your moral obligation to stop it as soon as possible.

The Government should be held accountable if it puts soldiers at unnecessary risk, which is why it is vital to retain full transparency in inquests. Governments also have a moral obligation to ensure proper care for the injured and their families.