If a problem is irreversible, is there still an ethical obligation to try to reverse it?
– Chuck Klosterman
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- No moral code or ethical principle, no piece of scripture or holy teaching, can be summoned to defend what we have allowed our country to become. – Matthew Desmond
- Having kids -” the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, responsible human beings -” is the biggest job anyone can embark on – Maria Shriver