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The Morality of Freedom (Clarendon Paperbacks) Kindle Edition

by Joseph Raz (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
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Ranging over central issues of morals and politics, this book discusses the nature of freedom and authority. It examines the role of value-neutrality, rights, equality, and the prevention of harm in the liberal tradition, and relates them to fundamental moral questions such as the relation of values to social forms, the comparability of values, and the significance of personal commitments.
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    June 12, 1986
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"As significant a new statement of liberal principles as anything since Mill's On Liberty."--Times Literary Supplement

"It is not possible here to do justice to the richness of Raz's discussion. ... Anyone who reads The Morality of Freedom with care will profit. It is the deeply original and rigorous product of a gifted philosopher working at the height of his powers." Loren Lomasky But Is It Liberalism?

"Raz's arguments are a valuable guide to the complexities of contemporary social and political life....[An] admirable account of liberalism."--The New Republic

"Stimulating, challenging, and insightful throughout. His basic theses are intriguing and important. His argumentation illuminates and ties together a wide range of issues in moral and political theory."--The Philosophical Review

"Whether you tackle the whole or merely some of its parts, you will be in the company of one of the most acute, inventive, energetic, and unpredictable minds currently at work in analytic moral and political theory....The most ambitious and effective philosophical defense of political liberalism since Rawls, if not Mill."--Canadian Philosophical Review

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Joseph Raz is at University of Oxford.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005NE54L8
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Clarendon Press (June 12, 1986)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 12, 1986
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 5925 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 435 pages
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4.6 out of 5 stars
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Sarah Cohen
5.0 out of 5 stars A monument of modern liberal thought
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2005
"The Morality of Freedom" is one of the most important half-dozen books of political theory written since Rawls "A Theory of Justice." Raz has an irresistible gift for framing subjects of discussion, for illustrating them with deft but not overelaborate examples, for parsing distinctions with subtlety but not scholasticism (he makes as many distinctions as are useful, but no more). The book is infused with a profound sense of man as a project-driven and social creature, one whose life is enabled by "social forms" that are supported by political structures. Raz's prose is lucid; his theoretical discerning unflaggingly keen. The result is a true monument of modern liberal philosophy.
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2.0 out of 5 stars This book has very poor printing quality
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This book has very poor printing quality. Blurry and writing is too bold throughout. Very poor quality control form this printer. Unacceptable for a $43 paperback book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in Canada on February 29, 2020
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Raz is a must read for students studying politics or philosophy!
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