Science cannot stop while ethics catches up - and nobody should expect scientists to do all the thinking for the country

Quote by Elvin Stackman

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I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations - to be...

I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations - to be...

A project is complete when it starts working for you, rather than you working for...

A project is complete when it starts working for you, rather than you working for...

The standard that a society should actually embody its own professed principles is a utopian...

The standard that a society should actually embody its own professed principles is a utopian...

If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it, they are wrong

If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it, they are wrong

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of...

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of...

It appears to me that in Ethics, as in all other philosophical studies, the difficulties...

It appears to me that in Ethics, as in all other philosophical studies, the difficulties...

Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.

Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of...

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of...

I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I...

I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I...

The conception of worth, that each person is an end per se, is not a...

The conception of worth, that each person is an end per se, is not a...

No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose...

No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose...

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what...

Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what...

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

Even the most rational approach to ethics is defenseless if there isn't the will to...

Even the most rational approach to ethics is defenseless if there isn't the will to...

Time is a great legalizer, even in the field of morals

Time is a great legalizer, even in the field of morals

All mankind lives and each man strives by codes of conduct mutually agreed. Perhaps these...

All mankind lives and each man strives by codes of conduct mutually agreed. Perhaps these...

The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the...

The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the...

In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument;...

In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument;...