“Are there experts, ethical experts, that's very offensive to all of us? Because it's part of our humanity to have a stake in these questions to feel that we ourselves know the difference between right and wrong. And then along come these experts, philosophers, claiming, you know, an expertise, a special training, a special skill, a special talent.” KnowsFeelsHumanityDifferencesSpecialTalentSkillsTrainingPhilosopherExpertsEthicalStakesOffensiveExpertiseSpecial Talents Author:Rebecca Goldstein
“As far as male and female are concerned, difference is a biological fact, whereas equality is a political, ethical and social concept. No rule of nature or of social organization says that the sexes have to be the same or do the same things in order to be social, political and economic equals.” FactsPoliticalOrderSocialSexDifferencesEconomicConceptsConcernedFemaleOrganizationMalesEqualityEthicalSocial Organization Author:Alice S Rossi
“Doing good business - being ethical, being transparent, being caring, implementing values in your business - makes a difference, and you make money at the same time.” ValuesDifferencesCaringMaking MoneyMaking A DifferenceEthicalTransparentDoing GoodGood BusinessImplementing Author:Shari Arison
“The confusion between temperament and character has had serious consequences for ethical theory. Preferences with regard to differences in temperament are mere matters of subjective taste. But differences in character are ethically of the most fundamental importance.” MatterCharacterDifferencesSeriousTheoryTasteConsequenceImportanceRegardFundamentalsMereConfusionEthicalPreferenceSubjectiveTemperament Book:Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics Source: Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics
“Nothing in Chomsky's account acknowledges the difference between intending to kill a child, because of the effect you hope to produce on its parents (we call this “terrorism”), and inadvertently killing a child in an attempt to capture or kill an avowed child murderer (we call this “collateral damage”). In both cases a child has died, and in both cases it is a tragedy. But the ethical status of the perpetrators, be they individuals or states, could not be more distinct For Chomsky, intentions do not seem to matter. Body count is all.” ChildrenMatterStatesBodySeemsIndividualParentDifferencesCasesEffectsProduceAccountsTragedyDiedIntentionKillingTerrorismAcknowledgeDamageEthicalCaptureMurdererPerpetratorsCollateralCollateral Damage Author:Sam Harris