'This engaging book explores the central issues surrounding value in an interesting and thought-provoking manner and is well worth reading.' Philosophical Writings
The book is a contribution to the study of values, as they affect both our personal and our public life. It defends the view that values are necessarily universal, on the ground that that is a condition of their intelligibility. It does, however, reject most common conceptions of universality, like those embodied in the writings on human rights. It aims to reconcile the universality of value with (a) the social dependence of value and (b) the centrality to our life of deep attachments to people and countries alike. Building from there, the book explores personal love, the value of life, and the fundamental duty of respect for people.
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Joseph Raz is one of the world's leading philosophers of law, and in his Seeley Lectures he reflects critically on one of the central tenets of ethical thought, the view that values are universal. This is a concise, pithy and attractively humane account of some fundamental questions of social existence.
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1. Introduction; 2. Value and uniqueness; 3. Universality and difference; 4. The value of staying alive; 5. Respecting people; Index.
A concise, pithy and attractively humane account of some fundamental questions of social existence.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780521801805
Publisert
2001-08-16
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
390 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
14 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
188
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