Bernard Gert/normative Ethics

Famous quotes containing the words bernard, gert and/or ethics:

    Everybody who does not live in a prostitute’s bed and on a diet of cocaine snow is called an ascetic nowadays.
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    There’s a wonderful family called Stein:
    There’s Gert and there’s Ep and there’s Ein.
    Gert’s poems are bunk,
    Ep’s statues are junk,
    And no-one can understand Ein.
    Anonymous.

    The most powerful lessons about ethics and morality do not come from school discussions or classes in character building. They come from family life where people treat one another with respect, consideration, and love.
    Neil Kurshan (20th century)