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“The questions to ask are what is moral, what is ethical, what is in line with your belief system, and what seems to make the most sense and cause the least amount of harm? Eat the foods that are in line with your sincere answers.”

Seems Asks Belief Causes Lines Answers Moral Amount Harm Sincere Ethical Belief Systems

Book:Vegan Bodybuilding and Fitness

Source: Vegan Bodybuilding and Fitness

“Rank beliefs not according to their plausibility but by the harm they may cause.”

May Belief Causes Harm

Book:The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility

Source: The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility

“To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable us to shape the processes of society entirely to our liking, knowledge which in fact we do not possess, is likely to make us do much harm.”

Facts Belief Process Liberty Economic Shapes Economics Harm

Author:Friedrich August von Hayek

“A democratic state will protect the freedom to hold any beliefs other than those that harm others, such as racism. In particular, it will see to it that no one is harmed just because of her beliefs.”

States Belief Particular Protect Racism Democratic Harm

Author:Mario Bunge

“On the whole, money does artists much more good than harm. The idea that one benefits from cold water, crusts and debt collectors is now almost extinct, like belief in the reformatory power of flogging.”

Doe Ideas Whole Artist Belief Water Cold Benefits Debt Harm Collectors Cold Water Flogging

Book:The Spectacle of Skill: New and Selected Writings of Robert Hughes

Source: The Spectacle of Skill: New and Selected Writings of Robert Hughes

“I want to say, in all seriousness, that a great deal of harm is being done in the modern world by belief in the virtuousness of WORK, and that the road to happiness and prosperity lies in the organised diminution of work.”

World Want Done Lying Belief Deals Modern Prosperity Harm Modern World Seriousness Being Done Organised Road To Happiness

Book:In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays

Source: In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays

“Few things have done more harm than the belief on the part of individuals or groups (or tribes or states or nations or churches) that he or she or they are in sole possession of the truth: especially about how to live, what to be and do - and that those who differ from them are not merely mistaken, but wicked or mad: and need restraining or suppressing.”

Needs States Done Individual Belief Nations Church Groups Mad Possession Harm Wicked Sole Mistaken Tribes Suppressing Restraining

Author:Isaiah Berlin