“The change began with John Stuart Mill and the Utopians . When Mill pointed out that economics had no ultimate solution to the problem of distribution , that society might do with the fruits of its toil as it saw fit, he introduced into the mechanical calculus of the market a conflicting calculus of moral judgment.” ProblemMightMoralSawsFitJudgmentSolutionsEconomicsUltimateFruitToilDistributionMillsCalculusMoral Judgment Author:Robert Heilbroner
“Tsars and slaves, the intelligent and the obtuse, publicans and pharisees all have an identical legal and moral right to honor the memory of the deceased as they see fit, without regard for anyone else's opinion and without the fear of hindering one another.” MemoriesMoralOpinionHonorFitIntelligentRegardSlaveIdenticalDeceasedPharisees Author:Anton Chekhov
“Even a woman who has the soul of a pirate, at least pirate morals, even a woman who prefer loneliness to the bickerings and constraints of heterosexual marriage, even such a woman who is a freak in our society needs a home... The only characteristic freaks share is our knowledge that we don't fit in.” NeedsSoulHomeMoralShareFitCharacteristicsOur SocietyFreakConstraintsPirateHeterosexual Marriage Author:Kathy Acker
“A god that created the world and then walked off the site leaving it to its own devices is not a fit object of worship, nor a source of moral authority.” WorldMoralObjectsSourceFitAuthorityWorshipLeavingDevicesSiteMoral Authority Book:Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy Source: Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
“There may or may not be a Supreme Ruler of the universe-but we are certain that man exists, and we believe that freedom is the condition of progress; that it is the sunshine of the mental and moral world, and that without it man will go back to the den of savagery, and wll become the fit associate of wild and ferocious beasts.” MenWorldBelieveMayCertainUniverseMoralProgressConditionsFitIndependenceSupremeBeastSunshineRulersAssociatesSavageryDens Book:Miscellany Source: Miscellany
“Blake expressed some doubt as to whether God had made the tiger. But the tiger is in many ways an admirable animal. We have now to ask whether God made the tapeworm. And it is questionable whether an affirmative answer fits in either with what we know about the process of evolution or what many of us believe about the moral perfection of God.” IfsKnowsWayBelieveMadeAsksProcessAnswersAnimalMoralDoubtEvolutionFitPerfectionTigersAdmirableAffirmativeQuestionableBlakeMoral Perfection Author:John B. S. Haldane
“I don't believe that one should have one-size-fits-all moral rules for international political action.” ShouldBelieveActionPoliticalMoralFitShould HaveDon't BelieveInternationalSizePolitical ActionOne Size Fits All Author:Tony Judt