Moral Behavior Quotes:

You can't make rules regarding the moral behavior of something unless you know what the hell it is, and what it's capacities are. What it can do, what it can't do.

- Jerry Garcia

source: Source: medium.com

topic: Moral Behavior, Hell, Capacity

The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved.

- Aldous Huxley

source: Aldous Huxley (2002). “Complete Essays: 1939-1956”, Ivan R Dee

topic: Moral Behavior, Numbers, Quality, Inverse

Of all the major religions, or lack thereof, the atheist's is one of the best pretenders: his foundation for all existences, as well as moral behaviors for the permanent good of mankind, begins at science but ends at himself, the Napoleon complex of both intelligence and imagination. On the other hand the anti-theist wouldn't survive without a deity beyond himself to hunt. He doesn't pretend, he simply nullifies his own position.

- Criss Jami

source: Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.74, Criss Jami

topic: Atheist, Hands, Moral Behavior, Theism, Theist

Selfishness is the bedrock on which all moral behavior starts and it can be immoral only when it conflicts with a higher moral imperative.

- Robert A. Heinlein

source: "The Pragmatics of Patriotism". Address at the U.S. Naval Academy, April 5, 1973.

topic: Moral Behavior, Selfishness, Conflict

Evolution is a process that never stops. Baboons who fail to exhibit moral behavior do not survive; they wind up as meat for leopards.

- Robert A. Heinlein

source: "Expanded Universe". Book by Robert A. Heinlein, 1980.

topic: Wind, Moral Behavior, Meat, Baboons

Morals - all correct moral laws - derive from the instinct to survive. Moral behavior is survival behavior above the individual level.

- Robert A. Heinlein

source: "Starship Troopers". Book by Robert A. Heinlein, 1959.

topic: Law, Moral Behavior, Survival

Since survival is the sine qua non, I now define the "moral behavior" as "behavior that tends toward survival".

- Robert A. Heinlein

topic: Moral Behavior, Survival, Fiction

And yet even among the friends of liberty, many people are deceived into believing that government can make them safe from all harm, provide fairly distributed economic security, and improve individual moral behavior. If the government is granted a monopoly on the use of force to achieve these goals, history shows that power is always abused. Every single time.

- Ron Paul

topic: Believe, Government, Moral Behavior, Economic Security, Use Of Force

There's a gigantic gray area between good moral behavior and outright felonious activities. I call that the Weasel Zone and it's where most of life happens.

- Scott Adams

source: "Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel". Book by Scott Adams, 2002.

topic: Moral Behavior, Life Happens, Gray Area, Good Moral, Weasels

A man's ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.

- Albert Einstein

topic: Death, God, Wisdom, Anti Religious, Intelligence And Education

Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.

- Albert Einstein

topic: Men, Rewards, Way, Science Religion, Modern Physics

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

- Mark Twain

topic: Inspirational, Courage, Integrity, Moral Obligation, Integrity And Character

I think we certainly benefit from social institutions which encourage us towards moral behavior. It's very important to have law. It's very important to have a moral education.

- Richard Dawkins

topic: Thinking, Law, Important, Social Institutions, Moral Behavior

The general confusion is that our moral behavior is what justifies us before God. Most of us would never say that with our mouths but we feel that lie in our heart and believe it in our minds. You can be morally upright and not be a worshipper of Christ at all.

- Matt Chandler

source: Source: www.christianitytoday.com

topic: Lying, Believe, Heart, Moral Behavior

I think there's a real tension between capitalism and morality. That's not to say these systems aren't powerful and useful, but to assume that capitalism can somehow assure moral behavior or character, that's just a pipe dream.

- Michael Pollan

source: Source: therumpus.net

topic: Dream, Powerful, Real, Moral Behavior, Pipe Dreams

Obviously, marriage is not a synonym for morality. But stable marriages and families do encourage moral behavior.

- Gary Bauer

topic: Morality, Behavior, Marriage And Family, Moral Behavior, Synonym

There is also purpose in life which is almost barren of both creation and enjoyment and which admits of but one possibility of high moral behavior: namely, in man's attitude to his existence, an existence restricted by external forces.

- Viktor E. Frankl

topic: Life, Attitude, Men, Moral Behavior, External Forces

Unless we believe the gospel, we will be driven in all we do-whether obeying or disobeying-by pride ('self-love') or fear ('of damnation'). Apart from 'grateful remembering' of the gospel, all good works are done then for sinful motives. Mere moral effort may restrain the heart, but does not truly change the heart. Moral effort merely 'jury rigs' the evil of the heart to produce moral behavior out of self-interest. It is only a matter of time before such a thin tissue collapses.

- Timothy Keller

topic: Grateful, Believe, Heart, Disobeying, Obeying

Those who use the Bible as a reference for moral behavior are simply cherry-picking those teachings, such as the Golden Rule, that they have independently decided are moral for other reasons, while ignoring those teachings with which they disagree.

- Victor J. Stenger

source: Victor J. Stenger (2012). “God and the Folly of Faith: The Incompatibility of Science and Religion”, p.120, Prometheus Books

topic: Teaching, Use, Golden, Moral Behavior