“The prevailing tendency to regard all the marked distinctions of human character as innate, and in the main indelible, and to ignore the irresistible proofs that by far the greater part of those differences, whether between individuals, races, or sexes are such as not only might but naturally would be produced by differences in circumstances, is one of the chief hinderances to the rational treatment of great social questions, and one of the greatest stumbling blocks to human improvement.” HumansCharacterMightWould BeIndividualSocialSexDifferencesRaceGreaterCircumstancesEthicsRegardProofImprovementRationalTendenciesBlockChiefsDistinctionTreatmentInnateIrresistiblePrevailingStumblingIndelibleStumbling Blocks Book:Autobiography of John Stuart Mill Source: Autobiography of John Stuart Mill
“[Michael] Brown's mom, Lesley McSpadden, is the latest African American mother whose tear-streaked face forces the nation to remember the name of yet another unarmed black teenager gunned down under questionable circumstances.” RealityRememberFacesMotherPoliticsNamesForceNationsBlackCommunityJusticeFamilyHistoryViolenceGenerationsTearsMomCircumstancesEqualEthicsHuman RightsIdeologyAfrican AmericanTeenagerBrownFree SpeechEqual RightsQuestionableUnarmed Author:Jonathan Capehart
“There is no moral absolute, and this leads us to situational ethics, which unfortunately is being taught in public schools all over America. This means that right and wrong is dependent upon the circumstances.” MeanSchoolAmericaMoralTaughtCircumstancesEthicsAbsolutesDependentPublic School Author:Ted Cruz
“Kant does not think that the silly commandment "universalize your maxims" is the be-all and end-all of ethics or that it provides us with some sort of general decision procedure that is supposed to tell us what to do under all circumstances.” ThinkingDoeEndsDecisionCircumstancesEthicsSillyCommandmentsMaximsProcedures Author:Allen W. Wood
“It's continuously humbling to work hard, you know? As long as you've got a good work ethic and a sense of humor, I don't think anybody can become too much of an egoist under those circumstances.” ThinkingKnowsLongHardToo MuchHard WorkCircumstancesEthicsSense Of HumorGood WorkWork EthicHumblingGood Work Ethic Author:Rachael Ray
“Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances.” MenIdeasWiseTrustCircumstancesEthicsTrust IssuesBuilding TrustNot TrustingLost Trust Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson