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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449689903321

Autore

Raz Joseph

Titolo

Value, respect, and attachment / / Joseph Raz [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001

ISBN

1-107-12283-X

9786612388996

1-282-38899-1

0-511-64280-6

0-511-04147-0

0-511-15355-4

0-511-55731-0

0-511-61273-7

0-511-04766-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 178 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

The Seeley lectures ; ; 4

Disciplina

170/.42

Soggetti

Ethics

Values

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Introduction; 1 Attachment and uniqueness; 2 Universality and difference; 3 The value of staying alive; 4 Respecting people; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

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.