Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein
Robert Anson Heinleinwas an American science-fiction writer. Often called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was an influential and controversial author of the genre in his time...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth7 July 1907
CountryUnited States of America
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Most gods have the morals of a spoiled child.
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Since survival is the sine qua non, I now define the "moral behavior" as "behavior that tends toward survival".
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In terms of morals there is no such thing as ‘state.’ Just men. Individuals. Each responsible for his own acts.
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Under what circumstances is it moral for a group to do that which is not moral for a member of that group to do alone?
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Morals — all correct moral laws — derive from the instinct to survive. Moral behavior is survival behavior above the individual level.
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The basic of all morality is duty, a concept with the same relation to group that self-interest has to individual.
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Evolution is a process that never stops. Baboons who fail to exhibit moral behavior do not survive; they wind up as meat for leopards.
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Correct morality can only be derived from what man is — not from what do-gooders and well-meaning aunt Nellies would like him to be.
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In a society in which it is a moral offense to be different from your neighbor your only escape is to never let them find out.
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Selfishness is the bedrock on which all moral behavior starts and it can be immoral only when it conflicts with a higher moral imperative.
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The early worm deserves the bird.
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Another ingredient in a happy marriage: Budget the luxuries first! Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Robert A
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Elephants aren't human but they are very nice people.
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Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done. One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen.