Guest guest Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 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.) (Schweitzer pp 116-177) (1) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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