#moral backbone

[rini-descartes]

When Immanuel Kant said "A good will is not good because of what it effects or accomplishes, but because of its willing—because it is good in itself.”

[mometal]

The spirit and energy that kindle enthusiasm give power to do something. Those who would win success must be courageous and hopeful. They should cultivate not only the passive but the active virtues. While they are to give the soft answer that turns away wrath, they must possess the courage of a hero to resist evil. With the charity that endures all things, they need the force of character that will make their influence a positive

[loominaughty]

“Coronavirus isn’t a big deal. It’s only killing people who are already sick. It’s not a threat to you or me.”

My response:

Saying certain deaths don’t matter is a pretty twisted way to look at a mortality rate. You should care BECAUSE those are the people that are dying and it should be prevented from reaching them.

[quotesfromall]

If a friend of mine starts comparing everything to the Holocaust – when a waitress messes up his order, she’s like Hitler; when I fail to appropriately cite one of his papers, that’s a scholarly Holocaust; etc. – I may regard this as an annoyance and tell my friend to shut up already. Vegans, however, are obviously not making frivolous charges.

Michael Huemer, Preachy Vegans

[rini-descartes]

“The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.”

— Blaise Pascal, Pensées

[rini-descartes]

— Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Finel

[rini-descartes]

Me when I encounter a proactive man with a moral backbone: