The Practice of Value (The Berkeley Tanner Lectures)

Raz, Joseph

ISBN 10: 0199278466 / ISBN 13: 9780199278466

Published by Oxford University Press, USA, 2005

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Explores a pervasive but puzzling aspect of our world: value. Starting with the "Berkeley Tanner Lectures" delivered in 2001, this work aims to make sense of the dependence of value on social practice, without falling back on cultural relativism. Series: The Berkeley Tanner Lectures. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184. . 2005. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Practice of Value (The Berkeley Tanner Lectures)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199278466
• ISBN 13: 9780199278466
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The Practice of Value explores the nature of value and its relation to the social and historical conditions under which human agents live. At the core of the book are the Tanner Lectures delivered at Berkeley in 2001 by Joseph Raz, who has been one of the leading figures in moral and legal philosophy since the 1970's. Raz argues that values depend importantly on social practices, but that we can make sense of this dependence without falling back on cultural relativism. In response, three eminent philosophers, Christine Korsgaard, Robert Pippin, and Bernard Williams, offer their own distinctive reflections on the connections between value and practice. The book begins with an introduction by Jay Wallace, setting the scene for what follows, and ends with a response from Raz to his commentators. The result is a fascinating debate, accessible to readers throughout and beyond philosophy, about the relations between human values and human life.

About the Author

Joseph Raz is Professor of Philosophy of Law at the University of Oxford, and Visiting Professor of Jurisprudence at Columbia University, New York.