Literary notes about ETHICS (AI summary)
Writers employ "ethics" in literature as a versatile concept that bridges the domains of theology, philosophy, and social inquiry. In some works, ethics is portrayed as a dynamic spiritual influence that draws individuals toward religious conviction and personal transformation [1], while in others it is dissected as a rational discipline distinct from theology, even being scrutinized as a foundation for political and moral order [2], [3]. There is also a tendency to link ethics with the broader contemplation of human nature and character, where it not only defines codes of behavior but also becomes an interpretative framework for understanding art, science, and the human condition [4], [5], [6].
- At first only its sublime ethics attracted him, but by and by it was the Person and life of Christ which drew him by the Holy Spirit to Himself.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein - But this difficulty it belongs to Theology rather than Ethics to solve.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick - The next division refers to Ethics, as relating to Good and Evil.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius - Theophrastus, in his treatise on Ethics, discusses whether a man's character can be changed by disease, and whether virtue depends upon bodily health.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch - The ancient Greek philosophy was divided into three great branches; physics, or natural philosophy; ethics, or moral philosophy; and logic.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith - The philosophy of nature relates to that which is, that of ethics to that which ought to be.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
