Rollo May Quotes on Ethics
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Man is the 'ethical animal' -ethical in potentiality even if, unfortunately, not in actuality. His capacity for ethical judgment-like freedom, reason and the other unique characteristics of the human being-is based upon his consciousness of himself.
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The practical implication is that one's goal is to live each moment with freedom, honesty and responsibility.
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The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.
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The daimonic is the urge in every being to affirm itself, assert itself, perpetuate and increase itself. The daimonic becomes evil when it usurps the total self without regard to the integration of that self, or to the unique forms and desires of others and their need for integration.
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Psychology and the Human Dilemma (1967)
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Power and Innocence: A Search for the Sources of Violence (1972)
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Power and Innocence (1976)
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Politics and Innocence: A Humanistic Debate (1986)