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“As Aristotle said, the virtuous man does freely what the criminal does only from fear of the law….The criminal, however, does not suffer any loss of liberty when he refrains from breaking the law, for what he wishes to do being unlawful and unjust, is something he ought not to do anyway, even if he were not constrained by law. His license to do as he wishes, not his liberty, has been taken away. Where our conduct does fall under the commands or prohibitions of law, the virtuous man is still able to do as he pleases, since he pleases to do what he ought.Share
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