John Finnis Quotes on Virtue
John Finnis is an Australian-British legal and moral philosopher, emeritus professor of law at Oxford and a long-time professor at the University of Notre Dame. This page collects quotes attributed to John Finnis on the topic of virtue, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to John Finnis:
“There are basic human goods that reason grasps as good in themselves.”
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Attributed to John Finnis:
“Natural law is what reason perceives in the structure of the goods of human nature.”
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Attributed to John Finnis:
“Practical reason proceeds from the basic goods to the principles of reasonableness.”
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Attributed to John Finnis:
“Reason and faith share the goods of the human person; they are not foreign to each other.”