The means are inconsequential, only the ens matter

You think the end justifies the means, however vile. I tell you: the end is the means by which you achieve it. Today's step is tomorrow's life. Great ends cannot be attained by base means. You've proved that in all your social upheavals. The meanness and inhumanity of the means make you mean and inhuman and make the end unattainable.

Kira is evil ... There's no denying that ... But lately I've been starting to think of it more like this ... The real evil is the power to kill people. Someone who finds himself with that power is cursed. No matter how you use it, anything obtained by killing people can never bring true happiness.

As the sweaty, alcohol fuming bodies press in on me from all directions I decide that my ideal of a good time is reading a good novel, alone

People always have such a hard time believing that robots could do bad things.

Rose pivoted. “Alainn, can I ask you something about ethics?”

Alainn nodded, slowly. “Sure.”

Rose’s inhuman eyes met hers, and she asked, “Would you die to save a million people?