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The fundamental principle of morality which we seek as a necessity for thought is not, however, a ma...

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Albert SchweitzerThe Animal World of Albert Schweitzer

There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life w...

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Bertrand RussellHuman Society in Ethics and Politics

One of the main arguments that I make is that although almost everyone accepts that it is morally wr...

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All sentient beings should have at least one right—the right not to be treated as property

Education is the art of making man ethical.

Envy, after all, comes from wanting something that isn't yours. But grief comes from losing somethin...

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Life, it turns out, goes on. There is no cosmic rule that grants you immunity from the details just ...

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Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't co...

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In an earlier stage of our development most human groups held to a tribal ethic. Members of the trib...

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You have just dined, and however scrupulously the slaughterhouse is concealed in the graceful distan...

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Religion is an attempt to get control over the sensory world, in which we are placed, by means of th...

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