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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100199693811

ISBN-139780199693818

eBay Product ID (ePID)109334137

Product Key Features

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameFrom Normativity to Responsibility

SubjectLiability, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, General, Jurisprudence

Publication Year2012

TypeTextbook

AuthorJoseph Raz

Subject AreaLaw, Philosophy

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight21.2 Oz

Item Length9.4 in

Item Width6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2011-294500

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsThe discussion of nomativity and practical reason that makes up From Normativity to Responsibility is breathtaking in its scope, its depth, and, most importantly, its brilliance., Racz has explored in this book the way we understand our duties and rights, and how we decide the way we ought to act. In less than three-hundred pages it provides a clearly-written and focused answer to these types of inquiry., Raz has explored in this book the way we understand our duties and rights, and how we decide the way we ought to act. In less than three-hundred pages it provides a clearly-written and focused answer to these types of inquiry.

Dewey Decimal340.11

Table Of Content1. The HopePart One: Regarding Normativity2. Practical Reasons: Explanatory and Normative3. Reasons: Practical and Adaptive4. The Guise of the Good5. Reason, Rationality & NormativityPart Two: Regarding Practical Reasoning6. Epistemic Modulations7. Practical Reasoning8. The Myth of Instrumental Rationality9. Reasons in Conflict10. Numbers: With and Without Contractualism11. Promoting Value?Part Three: On Responsibility12. Being in the World13. Responsibility and the Negligence Standard

SynopsisWhat are our duties or rights? How should we act? What are we responsible for? How do we determine the answers to these questions? Joseph Raz examines and explains the philosophical issues underlying these everyday quandaries. He explores the nature of normativity--namely, the fact that we believe and feel we should behave in certain ways, the reasoning behind certain beliefs and emotions, and various basic features of making decisions about what to do. He goes on to consider when we are responsible for our actions and omissions, and offers a novel account of responsibility. We can think of responsibility for unjustified actions or attitudes as a precondition of the blameworthiness of a person for an attitude or an action, or perhaps for a whole set of actions, intentions, or beliefs. Responsibility for justified actions or attitudes may be a precondition of praiseworthiness. Either way responsibility may point to further consequences of being justified or unjustified, rational or not. But crucially, responsibility attaches to people in a more holistic way. Some people are responsible for their actions, while others are not. In this way, Raz argues that the end is in the beginning, in understanding how people are subject to normativity, namely how it is that there are reasons addressed to them, and what is the meaning of that for our being in the world., What are our duties or rights? How should we act? What are we responsible for? Joseph Raz examines the philosophical issues underlying these everyday questions. He explores the nature of normativity--the reasoning behind certain beliefs and emotions about how we should behave--and offers a novel account of responsibility.

LC Classification NumberK579.L5