Communication Quotes
Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.
"Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life."— Albert Schweitzer
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Meaning of this quote
Ethics is defined through preserving and promoting life rather than damaging or destroying it.
Key takeaway:
Ask how a proposed action affects the ability of living beings to flourish.
Origin of the quote
George Seaver, Albert Schweitzer: The Man and His Mind (1947), p. 366
Who actually said this?
This phrasing is cited to George Seaver’s Albert Schweitzer: The Man and His Mind (1947), p. 366; related principle is directly present in Civilization and Ethics.
