The Practice of Value

by Joseph Raz

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199278466
• ISBN13: 9780199278466
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 161 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.6" x 8.0"