 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
Or to take a very different example, a man may, like the hero of Shaw's Doctor's Dilemma, be morally contemptible in all respects except where his artistic conscience is involved, but in this one matter may be capable of very painful sacrifices. I am not prepared to maintain that to all men there are some acts that are felt as "sin"; I am willing to believe that there are human beings who are utterly shameless. But I am convinced that they are few, and that they are not to be found among those who most loudly proclaim their own emancipation from moral scruples.
Source: Bertrand Russell: Human Society in Ethics and Politics, (1954), chapter 7：sinbr> More info.:https://russell-j.com/cool/47T-0701.htm