The ethic of conviction and the ethic of responsibility are not opposites. They are complementary to one another. Max Weber More Quotes by Max Weber More Quotes From Max Weber Every type of purely direct concrete description bears the mark of artistic portrayal. Max Weber artistic type bears All the analysis of infinite reality which the finite human mind can conduct rests on the tacit assumption that only a finite portion of this reality constitutes the object of scientific investigation, and that only it is 'important' in the sense of being 'worthy of being known. Max Weber important mind reality It is not true that good can only follow from good and evil only from evil, but that often the opposite is true. Max Weber true good good-and-evil evil Homelessness is the fundamental idea of salvation in Jainism. It means the breaking off of all earthly relations, and therefore, above all, indifference to general impressions and avoidance of all worldly motives, the ceasing to act, to hope, to desire. Max Weber act salvation hope desire The modern view of criminal justice, broadly, is that public concern with morality or expediency decrees expiation for the violation of a norm; this concern finds expression in the infliction of punishment on the evil doer by agents of the state, the evil doer, however, enjoying the protection of a regular procedure. Max Weber view punishment evil justice Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he will not crumble when the world from his point of view is too stupid or base for what he wants to offer. Only he who in the face of all this can say In spite of all! has the calling for politics. Max Weber face politics stupid world
