One can contrive a religious motivation for virtually any choice of action, from commitment to the highest ideals to support for the most horrendous atrocities. In the sacred texts, we can find uplifting calls for peace, justice and mercy, along with the most genocidal passages in the literary canon. Conscience is our guide, whatever trappings we might choose to clothe it in.
Noam ChomskyAfrica's a wreck and it's not because it was hit by an asteroid. It's a wreck largely because it was hit by Europe.
Noam ChomskyIt also seems beyond controversy that moral responsibilities are greater to the extent that people "have the resources, the training, the facilities and opportunities to speak and act effectively."
Noam ChomskyIf kids are studying for a test, they're not going to learn anything. We all know that from our own experience.
Noam ChomskyThere certainly are those who worship the state much as divinities are worshipped. Not just the state but even leaders.
Noam ChomskyThere are simple things which would make sense. Take, say, weatherization, which would make a big cut in the unemployment rate. That's the kind of work that plenty of people are quick to do, and it would save individual households money, and it would make a significant reduction in the threats of climate change. But something is holding it back: the sociopathic character of market systems.
Noam Chomsky