Each race determines for itself what indecencies are. Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them.

Mark Twain

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Custom and convention Moral relativism Moral theory Morality

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Journals of Mark Twain

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1896 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Humorist Novelist Writer

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United States

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Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Notebook, edited by Albert Bigelow Paine. The Mark Twain Company, 1932, ch. 25. Originally from Notebook, c. 1896.

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We do not seek for truth in the abstract... Every man sees what he looks for, and hears what he listens for, and nothing else.

George Bernard Shaw

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Topic
Confirmation bias Cognitive biases Seeking the truth

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George Bernard Shaw
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Letters of George Bernard Shaw
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1891 1890s 19th century
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Shaw, George Bernard. Letter to E. C. Chapman. 29 July 1891.

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

William James

The Principles of Psychology

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Moral theory Decisions and choices

Author

William James
Source
The Principles of Psychology
Genre
Psychological literature
Language
English
Time
1890 1890s 19th century
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James, William. The Principles of Psychology. Vol. 1, New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1890, ch. 9.