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Lewis White Beck Quotes on Virtue

Lewis White Beck was an American philosopher and the most influential English-language Kant scholar of his generation. This page collects quotes attributed to Lewis White Beck on the topic of virtue, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Lewis White Beck:

    “Kant's moral philosophy is the most uncompromising defense of human dignity in philosophy.”

  • Attributed to Lewis White Beck:

    “The categorical imperative is the form of every moral act.”

  • Attributed to Lewis White Beck:

    “What Kant calls reverence is the proper feeling of a rational being for the moral law.”

  • Attributed to Lewis White Beck:

    “The dignity of the person is what no exchange can replace.”