Susan Wolf Quotes
Susan Wolf is an American moral philosopher, distinguished professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, whose work has shaped contemporary thinking on the meaning of life, moral responsibility, and the place of the personal within ethics. Freedom Within Reason argued that moral responsibility requires the agent to be able to act in light of the True and the Good, while Meaning in Life and Why It Matters defended a fitting fulfillment account in which a meaningful life is one in which the agent is actively engaged with projects of independent objective worth. The quotes below are attributed to Susan Wolf, organized by topic.
Susan Wolf on Freedom
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Attributed to Susan Wolf:
“Freedom within reason is the freedom to be moved by what is true and good.”
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“As a company that has long supported free expression , Google obviously stands by the right that employees have to voice, publish or tweet their opinions, but while people may have a right to express their beliefs in public, that does not mean companies cannot take action when women are subjected to comments that perpetuate negative stereotypes about them based on their gender”
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Susan Wolf on Happiness
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Attributed to Susan Wolf:
“Meaning is what fills the space between happiness and morality.”
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“With YouTube, I remember our first hit was of two Chinese students in their dorm room singing (with roommate studying in the background). That was the first time I saw that anyone could become a creator and that people wanted to watch content from all types of creators.”
Quote from interview in 2016 by Kate Vinton formerly of Forbes as part of their coverage of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women . Error on call to Template:cite web : Parameters url and title must be specifiedVinton, Kate ( 2016-06-16 ). . Forbes.
Susan Wolf on Justice
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“I realized the impact Google was going to have when I started using it in 1998 when it was just getting started. One day I couldn’t access the service and realized I couldn’t get my work done. I realized how Google could help people all over the world to find the information they needed.”
Quote from interview in 2016 by Kate Vinton formerly of Forbes as part of their coverage of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women . Vinton, Kate ( 2016-06-16 ). Queen Of The Very Small Screen: A Q&A With YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki . Forbes.
Susan Wolf on Knowledge
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“[McGregor, J. (2017). One of Google’s highest-ranking women has answered that controversial memo with a very personal essay: How YouTube CEO susan wojcicki responded to her daughter's question about the infamous memo. Washington, United States Washington: WP Company LLC d/b/a The Washington Post. Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/blogs-podcasts-websites/one-google-s-highest-ranking-women-has-answered/docview/1927362522/se-2 ]”
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Susan Wolf on Life
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Attributed to Susan Wolf:
“A meaningful life is one in which active engagement and objective worth meet.”
Susan Wolf on Nature
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“Quote from interview in 2016 by Kate Vinton formerly of Forbes as part of their coverage of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women . Vinton, Kate ( 2016-06-16 ). Queen Of The Very Small Screen: A Q&A With YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki . Forbes.”
I realized the impact Google was going to have when I started using it in 1998 when it was just getting started. One day I couldn’t access the service and realized I couldn’t get my work done. I realized how Google could help people all over the world to find the information they needed. -
“Quote from interview in 2016 by Kate Vinton formerly of Forbes as part of their coverage of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women . Error on call to Template:cite web : Parameters url and title must be specifiedVinton, Kate ( 2016-06-16 ). . Forbes.”
With YouTube, I remember our first hit was of two Chinese students in their dorm room singing (with roommate studying in the background). That was the first time I saw that anyone could become a creator and that people wanted to watch content from all types of creators.
Susan Wolf on Truth
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“In response to a memo going viral on social media from a Goolge engineer that asked concerns about Google's diversity and included statements about gender differences. Wojcicki's own daughter has asked her about the memo ": "Mom, is it true that there are biological reasons why there are fewer women in tech and leadership?”
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Susan Wolf on Virtue
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Attributed to Susan Wolf:
“Moral saints are admirable, but they are not the most attractive of human types.”
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Attributed to Susan Wolf:
“The personal point of view has its own legitimate claims, even within ethics.”