“I am, as I have always been, of the opinion that while the niceties of normal moral constraints should be our guides, they must not be our masters.” ShouldMoralOpinionMastersMoralityNormalGuidesConstraintsNiceties Author:Iain Banks
“There are people accusing me that I'm sick, that I'm a danger to morals, western civilization and basically everything under the sun. And they've got these wild stories about me, completely off the wall, completely untrue. They thought them up and it makes you wonder what goes on in their brain, but of course, they don't consider themselves sick. They think they're normal because they don't dress like I do.” PeopleThinkingStoriesCoursesBrainWonderMoralSunDangerWallGoes OnCivilizationNormalSickDressesWesternUntrueWestern CivilizationAccusingOff The WallAccusing Me Author:Marilyn Manson
“The early symptoms of the disease [California Curse], which break out almost on arrival in Hollywood, are a sense of exaggerated self-importance and self-centeredness which naturally alienates all old friends. Next comes a great desire for and belief in the importance of money above all else, a loss of the normal sense of humor and proportion and finally, in extreme cases, the abandonment of all previous standards of moral value.” SelfDesireValuesNextBeliefLossMoralBreakCasesDiseaseNormalStandardsHollywoodImportanceExtremesCaliforniaCurseProportionSense Of HumorSymptomsAbandonmentOld FriendsArrivalsExaggeratedBreak OutMoral ValuesSelf-importanceSelf CenterednessCenteredness Author:Elinor Glyn
“So far, about morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.” KnowsFeelsFeelingsMoralFineNormalStandardsFeel GoodImmortalityLife And DeathMortalityJudgedImmoralVery Sad Author:Ernest Hemingway
“As blacks, we need not be afraid that encouraging moral development, a conscience and guilt will prevent social action. Black children without the ability to feel a normal amount of guilt will victimize their parents, relatives and community first. They are unlikely to be involved in social action to improve the black community. Their self-centered personalities will cause them to look out for themselves without concern for others, black or white.” NeedsFeelsFirstsLooksChildrenSelfActionSocialCausesParentBlackCommunityAbilityWhiteMoralIdentityPersonalityDevelopmentAmountInvolvedNormalConscienceConcernGuiltUnlikelySelf CenteredBlack Or WhiteBlack CommunityConcern For OthersCultural IdentitySocial ActionMoral Development Author:James P. Comer
“I think having the opportunity to get inside the skin of people that operate outside the law and normal moral and ethical restraints, and then to go home afterwards leaving them on set, is pretty cathartic. I get to play out all kinds of bad behavior without anyone actually coming to harm.” PeopleThinkingKindPlayHomeLawOpportunityMoralBehaviorNormalSkinsLeavingHarmAll KindsEthicalRestraintBad BehaviorCathartic Author:Adam Croasdell
“I worry about younger generations who were born to view their country trampling on humanity of everyone that comes in its way, as the 'normal state of affairs" - because they knew no other. We know how easy it is to shed, under such circumstances, the thin and frail veneer of civilization, not to mention the moral standards of which the Jews were presumed to be the world's teachers.” KnowsWorldWayCountryStatesHumanityEasyBornViewsMoralWorryKnow HowTeacherGenerationsCircumstancesCivilizationNormalStandardsAffairJewShedFrailYounger GenerationVeneer Author:Zygmunt Bauman
“We are all murderers and prostitutes - no matter to what culture, society, class, nation one belongs, no matter how normal, moral, or mature, one takes oneself to be.” MatterCultureNationsNatureMoralClassSocietyNormalOneselfMatureMurderer Book:The Politics of Experience and The Bird of Paradise Source: The Politics of Experience and The Bird of Paradise
“The scientific method," Thomas Henry Huxley once wrote, "is nothing but the normal working of the human mind." That is to say, when the mind is working; that is to say further, when it is engaged in correcting its mistakes. Taking this point of view, we may conclude that science is not physics, biology, or chemistry — is not even a ”subject " — but a moral imperative drawn from a larger narrative whose purpose is to give perspective, balance, and humility to learning.” GivingMindHumansMayPurposeViewsMistakeMoralSubjectsHumilityPerspectiveBalanceNormalMethodPoint Of ViewPhysicsNarrativeEngagedBiologyHuman MindChemistryImperativesScientific MethodHuxley Author:Neil Postman