Moral Judgement Quotes

There are no moral phenomena at all, but only a moral interpretation of phenomena.

A foreign power that stands sentry in the world cannot spare its local allies the retribution of those who brand them as “collaborators” and betrayers of the faith.

It is circumstance and proper timing that give an action its character and make it either good or bad.

Anything that exists on the human palette is, from my point of view, fair game for artists to portray. You don't have to go see it if you don't want to, so don't go.

Good and bad are really arbitrary words when it comes to character.

It would be a sign of society changing if we did finally legalize prostitution. Once it's legal, it doesn't mean your daughter's going to run out and be a ho. The more we sort of bring these things into the light, you bring these hidden vices into the light, the less power they have over our society. You make it legal, it tends to go away.

Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.

Everybody makes personal decisions that are right for them and if you're in political life, you're used to having those analyzed.

It is the task of theologians to establish the limits of justice and injustice regarding the intrinsic goodness or wickedness of an act; it is the task of the observer of public life to establish the relationships of political justice and injustice, that is, of what is useful or harmful to society.

The irrationality of disgust suggests it is unreliable as a source of moral insight. There may be good arguments against gay marriage, partial-birth abortions and human cloning, but the fact that some people find such acts to be disgusting should carry no weight.

Power shifts your thinking from what is right and wrong to what is necessary

I just can't feel lukewarm about a character. I either despise her, admire her, or don't understand her and want to understand her.

I don't go looking for stories with the idea of wrongness in my head, no. But the fact is, a lot of great stories hinge on people being wrong.

I've heard pro-lifers yell at abortion clinic workers that they should 'Repent!' Repent of what? They don't see what they are doing as something that needs to be repented of. Why? Because they are blinded. Do you think yelling at them will remove that blindness? Not likely.

Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values.

I don't believe anything is truly off limits, but as a performer, one has to know that people might be offended, and there are consequences.

Personally, I always find it especially piquant when cultural conservatives, usually quick to profess their devotion to the Free Market, rail against the success in said market of some product of which they disapprove.

A murderer is regarded by the conventional world as something almost monstrous, but a murderer to himself is only an ordinary man. It is only if the murderer is a good man that he can be regarded as monstrous.

I try to make good decisions as decisions come up.

I always like to think that I'm accountable for everything I do, but I'll never understand how I did some of the things that I did.

When 'Carmen' premiered in 1875, it was panned by the critics. It survived 45 performances. It was called a musical and moral outrage. After Bizet died, at age 37, 'Carmen' became wildly popular. If you believe in your creation, and the rest of the world is laughing or yelling 'Boo,' don't give up.

You know, women are as promiscuous as men and yet, of course, people are inhibited from having an affair or a relationship because the real-world consequences are a drag.

Although homosexuality has been normalised, it is not normal.

Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.

Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.