“It is a notable circumstance that mothers who are themselves open to severe comments as to their, moral character, are generally most solicitous as to the virtuous behavior of their daughters.” CharacterMotherMoralCircumstancesMoralityBehaviorDaughterCommentVirtuousSevereNotableMoral Character Author:Antoine Rivarol
“The obsession with gold, actually and politically, occurs among those who regard economics as a branch of morality. Gold is solid, gold is durable, gold is rare, gold is even (in certain very peculiar circumstances) convertible. To believe in thrift, solidity and soundness is to believe in some way in the properties of gold.” WayBelieveCertainMoneyCircumstancesMoralityEconomicsGoldRegardPropertyObsessionBranchesPeculiarThriftSoliditySoundness Author:Christopher Hitchens
“The modernists started with the assumption that science is the only source of sure knowledge, that nature is all there is, and thus that morality is merely a human invention that can be changed to meet changing circumstances in an evolving world.” WorldHumansChangedSourceCircumstancesMoralityInventionEvolveAssumptionHuman Inventions Book:How Now Shall We Live? Source: How Now Shall We Live?
“Imposed philosophical morality (laws/rules) will not save the world. Only a calculated tangible plan to alter our circumstances so such actions pose no merit will stop immoral behaviour.” WorldActionLawPlansCircumstancesMoralityPhilosophicalMeritBehaviourImmoralTangibleSave The World Author:Peter Joseph
“In terms of morality, we can be very narrowly focused. So convinced of our point of view and righteousness, and it just doesn't allow for circumstance or other people's points of view. It's very comforting because you don't have to self-reflect, you just are. There's a strain of that in American culture.” CultureTermCircumstancesMoralityFocusedPoint Of ViewRighteousnessComfortingAmerican Culture Author:George Harrar
“Human nature is so constituted that the propensity for evil is always intensified by external circumstances, and the morality of the individual depends much more on the conditions of his existence and the environment in which he lives than on his own will.” HumansEvilIndividualExistenceEnvironmentConditionsHuman NatureDependsCircumstancesMoralityPropensity Author:Mikhail Bakunin
“We can assume that most people, most of the time, are moral creatures. But imagine that this morality is like a gearshift that at times gets pushed into neutral. When that happens, morality is disengaged. If the car happens to be on an incline, car and driver move precipitously downhill. It is then the nature of the circumstances that determines outcomes, not the driver's skills or intentions.” PeopleIfsHappensMovingMoralImagineCarCircumstancesMoralitySkillsCreaturesAssumingIntentionDetermineOutcomesDriversImagine ThatIncline Author:Philip Zimbardo