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4->'''Madoka:''' Why would [[spoiler:Kyubey]] do something so cruel?\
5'''Homura:''' He doesn't think it's cruel. That being has no understanding of human values.
6-->-- ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''
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8->''"Heed me, child. Three storms will soon sweep over Uruk. Empathize not with the hateful one. Celebrate not with the joyous one. And extol not the pained one. Remember always. 'Tis a fool's task to speak of man's ways to a god."''
9-->-- '''Old Man''', ''Anime/FateGrandOrderAbsoluteDemonicFrontBabylonia''
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11->'''Ayumi:''' Fuu-chan, do you know where my mom went?\
12'''Fuu-chan:''' [[DeadlyEuphemism I deleted her]].\
13'''Ayumi:''' Wh- why?! How could you?!\
14'''Fuu-chan:''' She was mean to you. She's our enemy.\
15'''Ayumi:''' Enemy?\
16'''Fuu-chan:''' Anyone who upsets you... anyone who frightens you... they're our enemies.
17-->-- ''Anime/PrettyCureAllStars New Stage: Friends of the Future''
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20[[folder:Comic Books]]
21->''"I can't imagine what it would have been like in their command centre when the missiles turned back on themselves. This was, in fact, the hard swallow for the rest of the world: the understanding that [[BewareTheSuperman a superhuman, by definition, does not think like us and certainly does not act like us]]."''
22-->-- '''Reddin''', ''ComicBook/{{Supergod}}''
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24->''"[[HumansAreCthulhu EARTH MORALS ARE WEIRD AND COMPLICATED]], BUT I SUPPOSE SPACE MORALS MIGHT BE TOO, IF YOU WEREN'T RAISED WITH THEM."''
25-->-- '''Galactus''', ''ComicBook/TheUnbeatableSquirrelGirl''
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28[[folder:Fan Works]]
29->''For one of dragon's blood to not take up weapons, to not prepare night and day to slaughter any enemies that would come against them -- it is unthinkable. It is -- one who does such a thing, who believes the world will not be dangerous, will not strive to kill him… That is what we call insane.''
30-->-- '''Shidan''', ''Fanfic/EmbersVathara''
31
32->For a moment Asuka wanted to ask what he would do if she asked him to go further, but she let the question die unasked. Shinji had his own warped sense of principles, of morality. She knew that if she asked him to kill a random stranger on the street, he would smile and ask "How?" but that even if she were to stab him in the heart from the back, he would never lift a finger against her. As he said, the three people precious to him were his weakness, and he would never hurt them.
33-->-- ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji''
34
35->'''[[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] XII:''' My liege, we must beg a boon from the gods. Just one of them will do.\
36'''William Batson:''' Begging a favor of them for a mortal, young one, no matter how powerful [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} she]] is, will be a difficult thing indeed. They do not think of a mortal's death the same way that we do.
37-->-- ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy''
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39->''"Oh, relax. I'm not evil; I wash my hands just like everybody else. We Luthors have been out of the evil game for decades. Sure, Aunt Nasty took a shot at it, but that was less her wanting to take over the world and more her having a midlife crisis. Then again, why shouldn't a person be allowed to build a Death Ray when they turn forty?"''
40-->-- '''Alexis Luthor''', ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku''
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42->It started with the simple annoyance of Marinette not accepting his gift. In light of the entire situation, it should not have been relevant, should even be completely understood as a rational action, but the ''[[Myth/CelticMythology Cat Sidhe]]'' in Adrien couldn’t help but be irritated about it.\
43''How dare she not accept what I have generously offered her!''
44-->-- "''Fanfic/{{Spellbound}}''
45
46->''"You don't get to just kidnap people because you want them to work through their baggage!"''
47-->-- '''Lake''', ''Fanfic/CollatedAccountsOfTheInfinityTrainASummary''
48
49->To the Kayzik, good and evil boiled down to "is it good for the hive?"
50-->-- ''Fanfic/TalesOfTheOtherverse''
51
52->'''Discord:''' So you ''are'' planning to stab me in the back after all, you weasel!\
53'''Tirek:''' I would, and you'd do the same thing, you snake! We both know you're as evil as I am!\
54'''Discord:''' No, I'm chaotic. I could give a flying feather for your good or evil. I do what's fun, and being stabbed in the back ''is not fun''!
55-->-- ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/179546/1/pros-and-cons-or-never-try-to-con-a-pro/on-the-importance-of-a-second-opinion here Pros And Cons Or Never Try To Con A Pro]]''
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57->'''Flanders:''' My worth is not tied to how much weed I have\
58'''Lisa:''' That's where you're wrong
59-->-- ''Fanfic/MarijuanaSimpson''
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61
62[[folder:Film -- Animated]]
63->''"I can do no wrong, [[ObliviouslyEvil for I do not know what it is]]."''
64-->-- '''Literature/TheMysteriousStranger''', ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfMarkTwain''
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67[[folder:Literature]]
68->Companions, the creator seeks, not corpses, [[AGodIAmNot not herds and believers]]. Fellow creators, the creator seeks -- those who inscribe new values on new tablets. Fellow creators, the creator seeks, and fellow harvesters; for everything about him is ripe for the harvest.
69-->-- ''Literature/AlsoSprachZarathustra''
70
71->On the front of the Octavo had been a representation of [[EldritchAbomination Bel-Shamharoth]]. He was not Evil, for even Evil has a certain vitality -- [[AngelsDevilsAndSquid Bel-Shamharoth was the flip side of the coin of which Good and Evil are but one side.]]
72-->-- ''Literature/TheColourOfMagic''
73
74->''"If you have struck any kind of bargain with Griphook, and most particularly if that bargain involves treasure, you must be exceptionally careful. Goblin notions of ownership, payment, and repayment are not the same as human ones."''
75-->-- '''Bill Weasley''', ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows''
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77->''"The stuff they do comes so far out of left-field, it feels like they're [=NPCs=] in some badly-scripted RPG. And it doesn't help that their stats are broken as all hell."''
78-->-- '''Kyon''', ''[[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya The Astonishment of Haruhi Suzumiya]]''
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80->His real error had been the naive belief that ''his'' definition of pleasure significantly overlapped with that of the Cenobites. As it was, they had brought incalculable suffering. They had [[MindRape overdosed him on sensuality until his mind teetered on madness]], then they'd initiated him into experiences that his nerves still convulsed to recall. They had called it pleasure, and perhaps they meant it. Perhaps not. It was impossible to know with these minds; they were so hopelessly, flawlessly ambiguous.
81-->-- ''Literature/TheHellboundHeart''
82
83->It would be impossible for a mere Earth-bound imagination to understand the motives for their exploration, their attitudes to the life-forms they have found, or their long-term intentions.
84-->-- ''Literature/ManAfterManAnAnthropologyOfTheFuture''
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86->''"They're so different from us they're beyond simple labels like Good and Evil. Those are human beliefs, human concepts. They're bigger than that, beyond that, monstrous beyond anything we can imagine because our concept of evil isn't big enough to encompass the things they do. We call them Outsiders because they're outside anything we can understand or accept: outside morality, or sanity, maybe even Life or Death."''
87-->-- '''John Taylor''', ''Literature/{{Nightside}}: A Hard Days Knight''
88
89->In an angel's philosophy, it was once said, two times two equals thirteen. This is not slander. Angels are not crazy, could not be further from madness. They have, insofar as any theologian understands, [[TheUnfettered absolute purity of purpose]]. A stiletto-sharp fidelity to the task of keeping Heaven clean.\
90To messy-minded humans... so clear & precise a drive makes no sense at all. It is considerably less comprehensible than the ravings of those we call insane.\
91Angels, unremittingly & absolutely sane, cannot but seem to poor humanity relentlessly & madly murderous.
92-->-- ''Literature/{{Railsea}}''
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94->If [{{Cat|sAreMean}}] were human, you would have described him as vain. But you can't apply human values to a cat.
95-->-- ''Literature/RedDwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers''
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97->I wish I could say something so simple and banal that [[EldritchAbomination Quetzacthulhu]] was evil, that he was filled with more malice than ever before known. But it was not so. For malice and cruelty, [[HumansAreBastards these were things known only to men]], things we did to each other. To say Quetzacthulhu saw us as ants would not go far enough. No, his actions to us were those of a man picking blades of grass. His gaze was as immeasurably distant as the stars, his thoughts unfathomable, and no matter what we did, no matter how many thousands of our bravest Aztec warriors attacked, to him we were no threat at all.
98-->-- ''Literature/{{Quetzacthulhu}}'', by Set Sytes
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100->Old stories told how [[AnimalisticAbomination Weavers]] would kill each other over aesthetic disagreements, such as whether it was prettier to destroy an army of a thousand men or to leave it be, or whether a particular dandelion should or should not be plucked. For a Weaver, to think was to think aesthetically. To act -- to [[RealityWarper Weave]] -- was to bring about more pleasing patterns. They did not eat physical food: they seemed to subsist on the appreciation of beauty -- a beauty unrecognized by humans or other denizens of the mundane plane.\
101[[MayorPain Rudgutter]] was praying fervently that the Weaver did not decide that slaughtering Rescue would make a pretty pattern in the aether.
102-->-- ''Literature/PerdidoStreetStation''
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105[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
106->''"It is different, yeah. It's a different morality, get used to it, or go home."''
107-->-- '''The Ninth Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho''
108
109->'''The Eleventh Doctor:''' According to legend, you have a dumping ground. A planet where you lock up all the Daleks that go wrong. The battle-scarred, the insane, the ones even you can't control. It's never made any sense to me.\
110'''Dalek Prime Minister:''' Why not?\
111'''The Eleventh Doctor:''' Because you'd just kill them.\
112'''Dalek Prime Minister:''' It is offensive, to us, to extinguish such divine hatred... Does it surprise you to know [[ScaryDogmaticAliens the Daleks]] have a concept of beauty?\
113'''The Eleventh Doctor:''' [[ArchEnemy I thought you'd run out of ways to make me sick]]. ''But hello again.'' You think ''hatred'' is ''beautiful?''
114-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks Asylum of the Daleks]]"
115
116->''"You think life is a balance between order and chaos. But the universe is not binary, far from it. There is order, and chaos... and there is play."''
117-->-- '''The Fourtheenth Doctor''', ''[[Recap/DoctorWho60thASTheGiggle The Giggle]]''
118
119->'''Spock:''' In my view, a splendid example of reciprocity.\
120'''[=McCoy=]:''' It would take a computerized Vulcan mind such as yours to make that kind of a statement.\
121'''Spock:''' Doctor, you insist on applying human standards to non-human cultures. I remind you that humans are only a tiny minority in this galaxy.\
122'''[=McCoy=]:''' There are certain absolutes, Mister Spock, and one of them is the right of humanoids to a free and unchained environment, the right to have conditions which permit growth.\
123'''Spock:''' Another is their right to choose a system which seems to work for them.
124-->-- ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E5TheApple The Apple]]"
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126->''"Good and evil has nothing to do with God. I collect church collapses; did you see the recent one in Sicily? The façade fell on sixty-five grandmothers attending a special mass. Was that evil? Was that God? If he's up there, he just loves it. Typhoid and swans, it all comes from the same place."''
127-->-- '''Dr. Lecter''', ''Series/{{Hannibal}}''
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129->'''Finch:''' Even if I had succeeded in creating a [[BenevolentAI benevolent Machine]], as if any such thing could exist, never forget that even a so-called friendly artificial super-intelligence would be every bit as dangerous as an unfriendly one.\
130'''Shaw:''' Your Machine seems pretty warm and fuzzy to me.\
131'''Finch:''' Have you forgotten that it asked us to kill a congressman?\
132'''Shaw:''' But that was to stop [[TheComputerIsYourFriend Samaritan]] from going online.\
133'''Finch:''' So where does it end, Ms. Shaw? A congressman here, a president there. What if, one day, a friendly AI decides to end world hunger by killing enough people off of the planet that there would never again be a shortage of food? [[ExactWords It would have fulfilled its goal]], but it doesn't exactly sound like it has our best interests at heart.\
134'''Root:''' Your Machine would never do that.\
135'''Finch:''' You don't know that, Ms. Groves. To say that a machine is benevolent doesn't make it so. It just makes you blind to the reality.\
136'''Shaw:''' Which is?\
137'''Finch:''' That our moral system will never be mirrored by theirs because of the very simple reason that they are not human.
138-->-- ''Series/PersonOfInterest'', "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E10 The Cold War]]"
139
140->'''Regina Mills:''' Careful, Emma. You're starting to sound like...\
141'''Emma Swan:''' What, a villain? This is the real world, Regina; there are no heroes and villains, just real people with real problems.
142-->-- ''Series/OnceUponATime'', "[[Recap/OnceUponATimeS4E19Lily Lily]]"
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145[[folder:Manhwa]]
146->'''Mephisto:''' The eyes of a human are dull after all. What's so good about [[{{Bishonen}} that form]]? Look closely! [[SuperDeformed This small and short form!]] Look how cool it is! This is a devil's aesthetics!\
147'''Si-Un:''' A devil's aesthetics... I don't get it.\
148'''Su-In:''' Are all devils like that?\
149'''Mephisto:''' See. That [[AloofDarkHairedGirl spirit medium]]. Her legs are long and [[HumansAreUgly ugly]].
150-->--''Manhwa/SoulCartel''
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154->They don't think like us.
155-->-- ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}} sourcebook Kill Code''
156
157->For millennia, the [[ProudScholarRace Fiends]] have explored and refined their understanding of the vampiric condition, [[MalevolentMutilation bending their bodies]] and thoughts into new and alien patterns. Should it prove necessary, [[ForScience enlightening]] or [[ItAmusedMe simply enjoyable]], Tzimisce do not hesitate to bend victims in [[BodyHorror a similar fashion]]. While younger Fiends might be described as merciless or sadistic, elders of the line simply [[LackOfEmpathy fail to comprehend mercy or suffering]] - or perhaps they ''do'' comprehend, but [[TheSpock no longer consider such emotions relevant]].
158-->-- ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade''
159
160->[[GripingAboutGremlins Gremlins]] are horrific little monsters, especially considering their motives. [[ObliviouslyEvil They don't want to hurt anyone]], but they don't care that they do -- they just want everything to run smoothly. How the gremlins got the idea that integrating human organics with machines would help them run smoothly is a bit of a mystery.
161-->-- ''[[TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness Midnight Roads]]''
162
163->Rot and decay are part of [[GodOfEvil Nurgle]]'s nature, but so it seems are jocularity and enthusiasm. Such is the paradox of Nurgle.\
164Indeed, it may be his boundless energy, the passion with which he delights in his work, and his irrepressible joviality that erodes the minds of so many who contemplate his existence. It seems impossible to believe that a [[FatBastard rotund]], [[ThePigPen foetid]] [[{{Plaguemaster}} purveyor of plague and ruin]] could simultaneously [[BigFun positively beam with mirth]] and [[AffablyEvil have such concern for the billions of souls upon whom he has inflicted his wracking and hideous poxes]]. To bend the mind toward the task of reconciling such foulness with such frivolity is to [[GoMadFromTheRevelation invite madness]]. Those who are able to do so without slipping into lunacy are fortunate.
165-->-- ''TabletopGame/BlackCrusade: The Tome of Decay''
166
167->Perhaps the most disturbing thing about [[AlienInvasion the whole situation]] is that there is no malice behind it. [[FesteringFungus The spore creature]] isn't intelligent enough to be evil, and [[{{Doppelganger}} the Visages]] don't have any concept of good and evil, or of murder. They see [[ReplicantSnatching replacing people]] as the most natural thing in the world; in fact, they seem to think people would be happier if they just "joined" the duplicates. When trying to replace those who are suspicious and, therefore, resistant, many Visages take the approach of trying to convince them to accept it, and not to fight. "I'm much happier now," they say. Never mind the fact that the original is [[KillAndReplace lying somewhere with a broken neck]] -- the Visages don't think about it that way.
168-->-- "Visages - Apocalypse," ''TabletopGame/TheEndOfTheWorld: Alien Invasion''
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171[[folder:Video Games]]
172->''"[[MechanicalAbomination The Vex]] have no hope; no imagination, no drive, no fear. All they have is the pattern. Everything must fit. If it can be made to fit, good! If not... [[ObliviouslyEvil it gets cut away]]."''
173-->-- '''Praedyth''', ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}''
174
175->''"Can you, mortal, presume to judge the actions and motives of a god?"''
176-->-- '''[[PhysicalGod Vivec]]''', ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind''
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178->''"That's why the [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Dwemer]] are the weirdest race in Tamriel and, frankly, also the scariest. They look(ed) like us, they sometimes act(ed) like us, but when you really put them under the magnifying glass you see nothing but vessels that house an intelligence and value system that is by all accounts Beyond Human Comprehension."''
179-->-- '''[[WordOfSaintPaul Michael Kirkbride]]''' on [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame the Dwemer]], ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
180
181->''"What my kin ''believe?'' You might as well ask me to mark the final resting-place of the tide. We believe in changing. Nothing is still or static; our beliefs change with our shapes. But that's not really what you are asking, is it? You want to know ''why''. [[TheSiege Why London. Why now]]. Why in [[BodyHorror this manner]]. I do not know for certain. My separation from those above occurred long ago. But everything we do is in pursuit of transformation. Alteration is who we are. And change has ''texture''. It has meaning. Sudden change you might call violence. Gradual change you might call growth. But after both, things are different. After both, something is communicated."''
182-->-- '''The Saint in the Stalactite/[[spoiler:[[HumanoidAbomination Starved]] Saint]]''', ''Videogame/FallenLondon''
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184->''"[[AIIsACrapshoot The WAU]] is [[AssimilationPlot reaching out to every machine, every life form, to manipulate, to control]]. It's trying to help, [[WellIntentionedExtremist save its creators]] from [[AfterTheEnd all this]], just like the protocol demands. But really, what is good enough? Where is the line drawn for what is human and what is not? Would [[ArtificialZombie walking corpses]] do? Would a group of machines [[BrainUploading thinking they're human]] be acceptable? We can't trust a machine to know, to understand what it means to ''be''."''
185-->-- '''Johan Ross''', ''VideoGame/{{SOMA}}''
186
187->''"Joy is lost when something is given away. Your species is ridiculous."''
188-->-- '''The Chiropterous Hoarder''' getting a gift, ''VideoGame/SunlessSkies''
189
190->''"I know your type. You're, uh, very determined, aren't you? You'll never give up, even if there's, uh, absolutely NO benefit to persevering whatsoever... No matter what, you'll just keep going. Not out of any desire for good or evil, but just because you think you can. And because you 'can'... you 'have to'."''
191-->-- [[spoiler:'''Sans''']], when you fight him at [[FinalBoss the end]] of a [[GottaKillEmAll Genocide]] run, ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' %%Properly capitalized as otherwise spoiler tag is useless.
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193->''"Orphion's circumstances are dire -- and so you must come to understand something. He is above us, in terms of morals. Such concepts do not apply to him. As the embodiment of Light itself, he has no sense of morals -- merely survival and stasis. What he asks of us, many will balk at. It is a matter where morals must be set aside... and such a thing is one that Lari cannot abide by, for she has [[PacifismBackfire stubbornly clung to them]] for a thousand years."''
194-->-- '''Elder of Aldorei''', ''VideoGame/{{Wynncraft}}''
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197[[folder:Web Animation]]
198->'''Tex:''' Thanks for the [[HolographicDisguise light show]], D.\
199'''[[ArtificialIntelligence Delta]]:''' I am here to assist.\
200'''Wyoming:''' [[OhCrap Bollocks]].\
201'''Delta:''' However, I am afraid I will not be able to assist you further. York's armor is beginning to shut down.\
202'''Tex:''' I understand.\
203'''Delta:''' Good luck to both of you.\
204'''Wyoming:''' Both of us? You ''must'' be failing if you wish your enemy luck.\
205'''Delta:''' Good and evil are human constructs, Reginald. I was merely attempting to be courteous.
206-->-- ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue''
207
208->'''Lelouch''': Looks like a bomb with another motion sensor on it. If we get too close, Nunnally's [[YourHeadAsplode head will explode.]]\
209'''Suzaku:''' [[CaptainObvious And that's a bad thing!]]\
210'''Lelouch:''' ...Yeah.\
211'''Suzaku:''' If only there was some way we could get in close and disarm it!\
212'''Lelouch:''' Actually, [[WallRun your little stunt back there]] gave me an idea. That swinging pendulum is clearly the motion detector. If someone could match the same speed and trajectory as the pendulum, they might be able to disarm the bomb in mid-air! And seeing as how you just kicked a fucking ''turret'' off the ceiling-\
213'''Suzaku:''' I'm not doing it. That would be sexist.\
214'''Lelouch:''' Come again?\
215'''Suzaku:''' This right here? This situation? This is the "DamselInDistress" trope, and I am ''not'' about to contribute to it.\
216'''Lelouch:''' Look, while I agree that trope is horrible, in this ''particular'' situation, I need you to do this! We're running out of time!\
217'''Suzaku:''' No, it'd be against my moral compass.\
218'''Lelouch:''' '''[[SuddenlyShouting YOUR FUCKING MORAL COMPASS IS A]] ''[[SuddenlyShouting ROULETTE WHEEL!]]'''''\
219'''Nunnally:''' Suzaku! I know what you mean, but this isn't the time for that!\
220'''Suzaku:''' I'm sorry, Nunnally, I can't do it!\
221'''Lelouch:''' Look, she's already in the situation! We have to pull her out of it!
222-->--''WebVideo/CodeMent''
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225[[folder:Webcomics]]
226->It is interesting that every country seems to have its own, most often irrational, opinion which type of behavior is a big no-no and which isn't. In Germany prostitution is completely legal, but proving yourself to be an idiot by saying that UsefulNotes/{{the holocaust}} [[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Holocaust_denial didn't happen]] can land you in prison.
227-->-- ''Webcomic/SandraAndWoo'', [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2010/06/10/0172-not-a-role-model/ summing up]] this trope in two sentences
228
229->''"Eat it, kill it, make friends with it or take a bath in it. Those are the points on your moral compass."''
230-->-- '''Kevyn''' to Sgt. Schlock, ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''
231
232->'''Florence:''' [[spoiler:Doctor Bowman]] didn't seem concerned when I told him the robots were almost destroyed.\
233'''Henri:''' That's because you stopped it. It was a non-event. He doesn't concern himself with things that might have happened, but didn't... Don't let it bug you. It's how [[spoiler:Doctor Bowman]] is. Just think of it as the mental equivalent of the UncannyValley.
234-->-- ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}''
235[[/folder]]
236
237[[folder:Web Original]]
238-> ''You think it's strange?\
239You think that I'm deranged?\
240You want to stop this scheme?\
241Demon in pink,\
242who can't think what I think,\
243Why should you be the only one to dream?''
244-->-- '''Marx''', ''[[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Vs. Marx]] [[Music/ManOnTheInternet WITH LYRICS]]''
245[[/folder]]
246
247[[folder:Western Animation]]
248->''"I'm not mean, I'm a thousand years old, and I just lost track of my moral code."''
249-->-- '''Marceline''', ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''
250
251->'''Finn:''' I'm... into Zanoits... they're the best!\
252'''Bubblegum:''' Zanoits kill hundreds of thousands of plantoids each year.\
253'''Finn:''' Oh no, not the plantoids!\
254'''Bubblegum:''' Plantoids produce mellotoxin.\
255'''Finn:''' ...\
256'''Bubblegum:''' Mellotoxin kills zanoits!\
257'''Finn:''' So are zanoits.... good things?
258-->-- ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''
259
260->''"Well, [Rick]'s not a villain, but... he shouldn't be your hero, Summer. He's more like a demon or a super fucked-up god."''
261-->-- '''Morty''', ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''
262
263->''"[Discord] sure has a weird way of being supportive."''
264-->-- '''Applejack''', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
265
266->'''The Collector:''' Aw, you act like I'm doing something bad, but I'm just having fun.\
267'''King:''' Trapping people and scaring them and controlling them, that's not fun Collector.\
268'''Eda:''' ''And'' everyone nearly died from the draining spell.\
269'''The Collector:''' So? Toys break all the time, you just fix 'em. ''[creates a doll of himself, rips off it's head and then reattaches it]''\
270'''Luz:''' Do you... not understand what death ''means'' to mortals?
271-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''
272[[/folder]]
273
274[[folder:Real Life]]
275->Interested persons may want to look into the work of psychologist Jonathan Haidt on "Moral Foundations theory," summarized in his book ''The Righteous Mind''. So far, he's found six moral attitudes that influence people's judgments -- often unconsciously — and they all arise pretty simply from selection pressures within groups and between groups. (There may be additional Moral Foundations. Research continues.) Many political and ideological conflicts arise not because one group is Good and another is Evil, but because people assign different weights to particular moral foundations -- often to such an extent that they literally cannot comprehend what the other side is saying.\
276Any society that lasts very long will have a powerful and pervasive moral underpinning. It might not be one you understand, or would approve of if you did, but it's there.
277-->-- '''Dean Shomshak''', [[http://forums.white-wolf.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=83431 discussing]] ''{{TabletopGame/Exalted}}''
278
279->''The AI does not hate you, nor does it love you, but you are made out of atoms which it can use for something else.''
280-->-- '''Creator/EliezerYudkowsky''', "[[http://yudkowsky.net/singularity/ai-risk Artificial Intelligence as a Positive and Negative Factor in Global Risk]]"
281
282->''Perhaps some diseases perceived as diseases which destroy a well-functioning machine, in fact change the machine into a machine that does something else, and we have to figure out what it is that the machine now does. Instead of having a defective machine, we have a nicely-functioning machine that just has a different purpose. Part of it is a self-deceptive way of coping with the peculiarities of disease, but on the other hand I can imagine what it feels like to be a virus. The AIDS virus: look at it from its point of view -- very vital, very excited, having a good time, it's made the front page and is really flexing its muscles and doing what it does. It's really a triumph if you're a virus. It's really good stuff that's happening, it's not bad at all.''
283-->-- '''Creator/DavidCronenberg'''
284
285->''introducing a new alignment - chaotic lawful. i have a strict moral code but nobody can figure out what the hell it is''
286-->-- A Website/{{Twitter}} user
287
288->''He struck me as completely amoral, I'd never met anyone who was so totally amoral [...] I mean, I liked him personally, it's just that I couldn't make sense of him. It's as if he was from a different species, or something.''
289-->-- '''Noam Chomsky''', on Michel Foucault.
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