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04-28-2006, 04:17 PM
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I like this quote
"Let me give you one definition of ethics: It is good to maintain life and to further life; it is bad to damage and destroy Life. And this ethic, profound, universal, has the significance of a religion. It is religion." -Albert Schweitzer Just felt like sharing that. 
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04-28-2006, 04:18 PM
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Well, it is pretty good, i'm not saying I completely agree with it, but thanks for sharing.
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04-28-2006, 05:10 PM
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Thanks for sharing. Something to ponder over.
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04-28-2006, 05:14 PM
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*smiles* I like it, thank you for sharing!
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04-28-2006, 08:20 PM
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I'm unsure any ethic by itself constitutes an adequate religion, but if one could, then Schweitzer has made a good start for it.
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Then I came back from where I'd been. My room, it looked the same - but there was nothing left between The Nameless and the name. - Leonard Cohen.
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05-01-2006, 08:54 AM
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"Let me give you one definition of ethics: It is good to maintain life and to further life; it is bad to damage and destroy Life. And this ethic, profound, universal, has the significance of a religion. It is religion."
-Albert Schweitzer Thank you for sharing that, (leave out the 'Religion' ), and it reads better (IMO). Although I would say that it is a truism in most circumstances, I can think of occasions when that has been used unwisely. I am thinking mainly of the advances in medicine where life is prolonged far beyond a stage when there is quality of life. Similarly, where a creature that would not have survived birth in nature has been 'helped' by doctors. Sometimes, I think the medical profession thinks too hard of his oath, and too little about the specific circumstances. (I know what I have said may be and will be repugnant to members - it is to me, as I read it back) Deep in our hearts, however, I think we know there is a grain of truth in it.
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05-02-2006, 03:37 AM
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Arnold Schwarzenegger on ethics. Fascinating.
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