“I have found little that is 'good' about human beings on the whole. In my experience most of them are trash, no matter whether they publicly subscribe to this or that ethical doctrine or to none at all. That is something that you cannot say aloud, or perhaps even think.” ThinkingHumansLittlesMatterWholeFoundHuman BeingsAtheismMoralityEthicsExperienceDoctrineEthicalTrashPsychoanalysisAgnosticism Author:Sigmund Freud
“Man is the "ethical animal" ethical in potentiality even if, unfortunately, not in actuality. His capacity for ethical judgment like freedom, reason and the other unique characteristics of the human being is based upon his consciousness of himself.” IfsMenHumansReasonHuman BeingsAnimalConsciousnessJudgmentUniqueCapacityCharacteristicsEthicalActualityUnique Characteristics Book:Man's Search for Himself Source: Man's Search for Himself
“Only he is a truly ethical, a truly human being, who has the courage to see through his own religious feelings and needs.” NeedsHumansFeelingsReligiousHuman BeingsAtheismPositive AtheismEthical Author:Ludwig Feuerbach