I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

Ernest Hemingway

Death in the Afternoon

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Moral theory

Author

Ernest Hemingway

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Death in the Afternoon

Language

English

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United States

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Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. Death in the Afternoon. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932, ch. 1.

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The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.

Ernest Hemingway

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The world Death
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Ernest Hemingway
Source
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Medium
Novel
Genre
War novel
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom the Bell Tolls. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940, ch. 43.

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The true conservative seeks to protect the system of private property and free enterprise by correcting such injustices and inequalities as arise from it. The most serious threat to our institutions comes from those who refuse to face the need for change. Liberalism becomes the protection for the far-sighted conservative.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Conservatism
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Medium
Speech
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1936 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. Campaign address. Democractic State Convention. 29 Sept. 1936, Syracuse, NY, USA.

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Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever rescues a single life earns as much merit as though he had rescued the entire world.

The Talmud

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Moral theory
Source
The Talmud
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Precepts and axioms
Language
Hebrew
Time
200 200s 3rd century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Talmud. Mishnah, Sanhedrin 4:9:1.

Current Citation

The Talmud: A Selection, translated by Norman Solomon. Penguin Classics, 2009, Fourth Order Neziqin, Fourth Tractate Sanhedrin (The Court) 4:9:1.