In the mid-1960s, as hard to believe as it may be now, choosing to go into academic philosophy was not an imprudent career choice. There were lots of academic jobs in philosophy then.
Allen W. WoodIn my acquaintance with John Rawls, I found him to be a simple and honest man, who just by chance also happened to be the greatest moral philosopher of the twentieth century. I would like to think that I could emulate at least his modesty - his refusal to exaggerate his perception of himself and his place in the larger scheme of things - even if my work never compares with his in its importance.
Allen W. WoodThe relation of the law to the self is only a helpful way of thinking about the law, that helps us better understand its validity for us.
Allen W. WoodWe can treat human responses to cognitions as involving law-like connections grounded on free choices which show themselves in our character.
Allen W. Wood