 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
An ethic based upon the individual conscience has inadequacies very similar to those of an ethic based on moral codes. Individual consciences differ: conscientious objectors think it wrong to fight, thugs think it wrong to abstain from fighting ; ... Some moralists, including many eminent Jesuits, have considered tyrannicide a duty; others have taught that it is always a sin. Clearly conscience does not always declare the will of God, for if it did such diversities would be impossible.
Source: Bertrand Russell: Human Society in Ethics and Politics, (1954), chapter 3
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