Ethics in the Public Domain: Essays in the Morality of Law and Politics [Paperback]

Joseph Raz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 4, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0198260695 | ISBN-13: 978-0198260691

In the past twenty years Joseph Raz has consolidated his reputation as one of the most acute, inventive, and energetic scholars currently at work in analytic moral and political theory. This new collection of essays forms a representative selection of his most significant contributions to a number of important debates, including the extent of political duty and obligation, and the issue of self-determination. He also examines aspects of the common (and ancient) theme of the relations between law and morality. This volume of essays, available in one volume for the first time, will be essential to legal philosophers and political theorists.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The arguments throughout both sections are carefully and reasonably developed and invariably shed significant light on the principles addressed."--Choice

"...a powerful collection of essays on morality, politics, and law."--The Journal of Philosophy

"Joseph Raz is the creator of a distinctive, powerful, and appealing philosophical vision, further defended and elaborated in this fine collection of sixteen essays."--The Philosophical Review

About the Author

Joseph Raz is at Balliol College, Oxford.

Product Details

• Paperback: 392 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (January 4, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198260695
• ISBN-13: 978-0198260691
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,158,956 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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