Ethics
Albert Schweitzer: Reverence for Life: 3 key ideas
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- IDEA 1 OF 3
Reverence for life
Schweitzer held that ethics begins with respect for all living things.
Preserving and promoting life is good; harming it needlessly is evil.
- IDEA 2 OF 3
Service as gratitude
A musician and theologian, he trained as a doctor and ran a hospital in Gabon.
Privilege brings a duty to serve.
- IDEA 3 OF 3
Live your ethics
He let his work speak for his beliefs.
Example persuades more than argument.
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