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Authority is one of the key issues in political studies, for the question of by what right one person or several persons govern others is at the very root of political activity. In selecting key readings for this volume Joseph Raz concerns himself primarily with the moral aspect of political authority, choosing pieces that examine its justification, determine who is subject to it and who is entitled to hold it, and whether there are any general moral limits to it. The readings – by such modern political thinkeres as Robert Paul Wolff, H. L. A. Hart, G. E. M. Anscombe, and Ronald Dworkin – examine the basic moral issues and provide an essential introduction to the debate about the nature of authority for all students of political theory. ; https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/books/1289/thumbnail.jpg

Joseph Raz zählt zu den bedeutendsten Autoren der zeitgenössischen Rechtsphilosophie. Im deutschsprachigen Raum ist sein Werk aber kaum bekannt. David Kuch schließt mit der vorliegenden Studie diese Rezeptionslücke. Er unternimmt erstmals eine breitere Aufarbeitung von Raz' Schriften aus rechtswissenschaftlicher Perspektive. Anhand der Primärliteratur spannt er den Bogen vom Handlungsbegriff über die Normentheorie zur Theorie des Rechts als der einzigen sozialen Institution mit umfassendem Autoritätsanspruch. Ist die Entstehung genuin rechtlicher Handlungspflichten möglich? Welche Begründungslasten ergeben sich für sie? Welche Rolle spielen Sanktionen? Joseph Raz verhilft klassischen Themen zu neuer Form, indem er ältere Antwortversuche – etwa von Hart, Bentham, Kelsen und Dworkin – kritisch be- und hinterfragt. Sein Ergebnis: Das Recht nimmt sehr viel mehr Autorität für sich in Anspruch als es besitzt.

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

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. ; https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/books/1299/thumbnail.jpg

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. He concludes that we should try to understand what is and what is not entailed by the universality of values, with such an understanding central to the future hopes of mankind, rather than abandoning the belief altogether. This is a concise humane account of some fundamental questions of social existence. ; https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/books/1305/thumbnail.jpg