Joseph Raz Quotes on Virtue
Joseph Raz was an Israeli-British legal and moral philosopher and one of the leading legal positivists of his generation. This page collects quotes attributed to Joseph Raz on the topic of virtue, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Joseph Raz:
“The function of legitimate authority is to help us conform to right reason.”
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Attributed to Joseph Raz:
“An autonomous life is a life in which one is part-author of one's own existence.”
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Attributed to Joseph Raz:
“Liberalism without perfectionism leaves the goods of life unprotected.”
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“Music , the greatest good that mortals know, And all of heaven we have below.”
Song for St. Cecilia 's Day (1692), st. 3