Ethical Standards

Famous quotes containing the words ethical standards, ethical and/or standards:

“The repudiation of the primacy of understanding means the repudiation of the norms of judgment as well, and hence the abandonment of all ethical standards.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)

“It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly.”
—Margaret Mead (1901–1978)

“As long as our people quote English standards they dwarf their own proportions.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)