“Morality and values depend on the existence of conscious minds - and specifically on the fact that such minds can experience various forms of well-being and suffering in this universe.” MindWellsFactsFormSufferingValuesUniverseExistenceDependsMoralityConsciousVariousWell BeingConscious Mind Book:The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values Source: The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values
“The young specialist in English Lit, ...lectured me severely on the fact that in every century people have thought they understood the Universe at last, and in every century they were proved to be wrong. It follows that the one thing we can say about our modern "knowledge" is that it is wrong.” PeopleFactsLastsYoungUniverseOne ThingModernCenturyUnderstoodLitSpecialists Author:Isaac Asimov
“Making the truth public is a form of justice. This is a moral universe and you've got to take account of the fact that truth and lies and goodness and evil are things that matter.” MatterFactsFormLyingUniverseEvilJusticeMoralGoodnessAccountsThings That MatterTruth And Lies Author:Desmond Tutu
“...there is no resistance to the idea that what is foreign can be known. Can be understood. Can be held in the embrace of love that holds the Universe. Given this Earth on which we live and grow, given its beauty and generosity, its majesty and comfort, how can one doubt that one is loved? That in fact there is an abundance, not a scarcity of love? It is all anyone ever wants, really, I believe, and it is all around us as we starve.” WantBelieveIdeasFactsEarthUniverseGivenI BelieveGrowsKnownDoubtComfortUnderstoodEmbraceResistanceGenerosityAbundanceMajestyScarcity Author:Alice Walker