#justification

The talent for self-justification is surely the finest flower of human evolution, the greatest achievement of the human brain. When it comes to justifying actions, every human being acquires the intelligence of an Einstein, the imagination of a Shakespeare, and the subtlety of a Jesuit. ↗

— Michael Foley

#age

When we say that humans have a “right” not to be used for these purposes, this means simply that the interest of humans in not being used as non-consenting subjects in experiments will be protected even if the consequences of using them would be very beneficial for the rest of us. The question, then, is why do we think that it is morally acceptable to use nonhumans in experiments but not to use humans? Vivisection, Part Two: The Moral Justification of Vivisection | Animal Rights: The Abolitionist Approach http://bit.ly/oREDH0 ↗

— Gary L. Francione

#moral-justification #utilitarianism #vivisection #experience

There is more experience on the field of justification than on the camp of training. Sometimes, you got to take actions to learn more. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#experience #israelmore-ayivor #justification #learn #training

Wisdom consists of knowing how to distinguish the nature of trouble, and in choosing the lesser evil. ↗

— Niccolò Machiavelli

#power #wisdom-in-war #nature

There were a lot of gods. Gods always come in handy, they justify almost anything. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#extremism #fanaticism #god #inhumanity #justification

[P]erhaps you notice how the denial is so often the preface to the justification. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#justification #lies #torture #torture

A lot of people in spiritual life use the awareness of difference, and the spiritual glorification of difference, as a justification to indulge in that which is ultimately unreal. ↗

— Andrew Cohen

#difference #glorification #indulge #justification #life

Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek to deny them by using fear as its justification. ↗

— Malcolm Wallop

#did #does #fear #government #grant

Desperate? That can be a justification for all kinds of behavior. ↗

— Jessica Walter

#desperate #justification #kinds

My justification is that most people my age spend a lot of time thinking about what they're going to do for the next five or ten years. The time they spend thinking about their life, I just spend drinking. ↗

— Amy Winehouse

#age #drinking #five #going #i