#ethic

The historical basis for the gap between the black middle class and underclass shows that ending discrimination, by itself, would not eradicate black poverty and dysfunction. We also need intervention to promulgate a middle-class ethic of success among the poor, while expanding opportunities for economic betterment. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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The act of willing this or that, of choosing among various courses of conduct, is central in the realm of ethics. ↗

— Corliss Lamont

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Technologists provide tools that can improve people's lives. But I want to be clear that I don't think technology by itself improves people's lives, since often I'm criticized for being too pro-technology. Unless there's commensurate ethical and moral improvements to go along with it, it's for naught. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

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Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

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I think Scotland could take a stand in a wonderful way, ecologically and morally and ethically. ↗

— Annie Lennox

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If we value what we've inherited for free - from other women - surely it's right morally and ethically for us to wake up and say, 'I'm a feminist. ' ↗

— Annie Lennox

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In the end, there's something of the puritan work ethic about me that roles really must sustain me on an intellectual level. ↗

— Damian Lewis

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The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth, and the Native American shared this elemental ethic: The land was alive to his loving touch, and he, its son, was brother to all creatures. ↗

— Stewart Udall

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Our father taught us such a work ethic that if there's something worth doing, it's worth doing well. ↗

— Donny Osmond

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I developed a really strong work ethic, and I don't take anything for granted. ↗

— Sarah Jessica Parker

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