The Roots of Normativity - Softcover

Raz, Prof Joseph; Heuer, Dr Ulrike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198913664 ISBN 13: 9780198913665

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2024

Synopsis

The Roots of Normativity concerns one of the most basic philosophical questions: how to explain normativity in its many guises. Over many decades, Joseph Raz has sought to develop an answer to this question, according to which understanding normativity is understanding the roles and structures of normative reasons which, when they are reasons for action, are based on values. This volume comprises twelve chapters which succinctly lay out his view, and determine its contours through some of its applications. The chapters also aim to clarify the ways in which normative reasons are made for rational beings like us. Raz's value-based account of normativity is brought to bear on many aspects of the lives of rational beings and their agency, and in particular, their ability to form and maintain relationships, and to live their lives as social beings with a sense of their identity.

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About the Author

Joseph Raz, Research Professor of Law, King's College London

Joseph Raz, formally a Research Professor at The Dickson Poon School of Law since 2011, held positions at Oxford University, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Columbia University. He was a Fellow of the British Academy and Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and published a number of books including Between Authority and Interpretation (OUP, 2009) and The Authority of Law (OUP, 2009). He died in May 2022.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198913664
• ISBN 13: 9780198913665
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320