Jamais Cascio Quotes

Oh, I hate the cheap severity of abstract ethics!

There is no ethics in general. There are only-eventually-ethics of processes by which we treat the possibilities of a situation.

Ethics is inescapable.

I think ethics is always there; it's not always a very thoughtful or reflective ethics.

Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.

I have learned that a clear conscience, or a legal opinion, does not make you ethically bullet proof.

Medicine is a noble art. We must preserve our moral purity.

Graft Philosopher.

We're coming down to an extremely unethical society. Very few colleges offer courses in ethics, and very few companies have a code of conduct or code of ethics.

I have tended to speak out on the issues that are in the purview of my professional expertise - business ethics, corporate ethics, and government ethics.

We live in a time when complex ethical questions are easily subordinated to the demands of efficiency, profit maximization, and maintenance or furthering of political power.

Ethics occupies a central place in philosophy because it is concerned with sin, with the origin of good and evil and with moral valuations. And since these problems have a universal significance, the sphere of ethics is wider than is generally supposed. It deals with meaning and value and its province is the world in which the distinction between good and evil is drawn, evaluations are made and meaning is sought.

Integrity is hard work. I do think the internet makes it harder because of the temptations of performance. You can perform and have integrity, but it's easier just to perform. So the temptations of social media lead to some dissonance.

There's less of a connection for a lot of people between the technical decisions we make and the ethical ramifications we are responsible for.

Education becomes most rich and alive when it confronts the reality of moral conflict in the world.

We need an approach to ethics which makes no recourse to religion and can be equally acceptable to those with faith and those without.

Science, by itself cannot, supply us with an ethic.

In a profession, members are only partly guided by service to the public.

Principles don't mean anything until they cost you something.

The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions.

The very essence of our civilization is that we give a paramount place to morality in all our affairs, public or private.

If you ask anyone, what is morality based on? These are the two factors that always come out: One is reciprocity, … a sense of fairness, and the other one is empathy and compassion.

There is nothing indulgent about the Moral Law. It is as hard as nails. It tells you to do the straight thing and it does not seem to care how painful, or dangerous, or difficult it is to do.

I was brought up an atheist and have always remained so. But at no time was I led to believe that morality was unimportant or that good and bad did not exist. I believe passionately in the need to distinguish between right and wrong and am somewhat confounded by being told I need God, Jesus or a clergyman to help me to do so.

Logic and ethics are fundamentally the same, they are no more than duty to oneself