Guest guest Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 As Dr. Albert Schweitzer tells us: > > " I cannot but have reverence for all that is called life. I cannot > avoid compassion for everything that is called life. That is the > beginning of morality. Once a man has experienced it and continues to > do so he/she is ethical. He carries morality within him/her and can > never lose it, for it continues to develop within him. He who has > never experienced this has only a set of superficial principles. > > These theories have no root in him, they do not belong to him, and > they fall off him......Reverence for life comprises the whole ethic > of love in its deepest and highest sense. It is the source of > constant renewal for the individual and for mankind.(Respect for life > is compassion, which is a prerequisite for understanding.) > > (Scheitzer pp 116-177) (1) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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