What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like, and immorality is what they dislike.

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Moral relativism Moral theory Morality

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Alfred North Whitehead

Language

English

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Mathematician Philosopher

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Whitehead, Alfred North. Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead, edited by Lucien Price. David. R. Godine, 2008, ch. 22. Originally from dialogue with Lucien Price, 30 Aug. 1941.

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An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.

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James, William. The Principles of Psychology. Vol. 1, New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1890, ch. 9.

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For when the One Great Scorer
Comes to mark against your name,
He writes-not that you won or lost-
But how you played the game.

Grantland Rice

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Fair play Legacy Death

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Grantland Rice
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Language
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Time
1941 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 0
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