Ethical Use Quotes

Every talent is unearned, however, and with it comes a solemn obligation to use it as fully and as wisely as possible.

I see no reason to use offensive tools unless you're defending the country or in a state of war, or you want to achieve some really important thing for the good of the nation and others.

modern civilization and the progress of science have greatly improved man's life and have brought comfort and ease in their trail. But civilization can serve man both for good as well as for evil purposes. Experience shows that it has invariably brought great dividends to those who use it for good purposes while it has always brought incalculable harm and damnation to those who use it for evil purposes

A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.

Everything is fraught with danger. I love technology and I love science. It's just always all in the way you use it. So there's no - you can't really blame anything on the technology. It's just the way people use it, and it always has been.

Abuse is no argument against proper use

While technology is important, it's what we do with it that truly matters.

It is important to direct our intelligence with good intentions. Without intelligence, we cannot accomplish very much. Without good intentions, the way we exercise of our intelligence may have destructive results.

Technology is usually fairly neutral. It’s like a hammer, which can be used to build a house or to destroy someone’s home. The hammer doesn’t care. It is almost always up to us to determine whether the technology is good or bad.

New technology is not good or evil in and of itself. It's all about how people choose to use it.

Scientific knowledge is an enabling power to do either good or bad — but it does not carry instructions on how to use it.

You like science? You enjoy science? Always use it for good, never for evil. Can you promise me that?

Feeling that morality has nothing to do with the way you use the resources of the world is an idea that can't persist much longer. If it does, then we won't.

The planet's resources are rare; we must consume more ethically and equitably.

The human race has reached a turning point. Man has opened the secrets of nature and mastered new powers. If he uses them wisely, he can reach new heights of civilization. If he uses them foolishly, they may destroy him. Man must create the moral and legal framework for the world which will insure that his new powers are used for good and not for evil.

Further march of civilization seems to employ increasing domination of man over beast, together with a growingly humane method of using them.

Technology itself is neither good nor bad. People are good or bad.

It's reasonable to say that certain things we understand should perhaps have limits on how they're used and how certain technologies are deployed. That's very much what we should do as a society.

The occult powers may be possessed by soul, but if they are not used in the right way it is a loss rather than a gain.

Words can sometimes be used to confuse, but it's up to the practitioners of the study of language to apply them for good and not for evil. It is just like fire; fire can heat your house or burn it down.

Any technology is just a skillful means and it's how you use it.

How do we know that we have a right to kill creatures that we are so little above, as dogs, for our curiosity or even for some use to us?

The products of modern science are not in themselves good or bad; it is the way they are used that determines their value.

Ramanama can be used only for a good, never for an evil end, or else thieves and robbers would be the greatest devotees.

Every time there's a new tool, whether it's Internet or cell phones or anything else, all these things can be used for good or evil. Technology is neutral; it depends on how it's used.