The Roots of Normativity

Joseph Raz, formally a Research Professor at The Dickson Poon School of Law since 2011, held positions at Oxford University, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Columbia University. He was a Fellow of the British Academy and Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and published a number of books including Between Authority and Interpretation (OUP, 2009) and The Authority of Law (OUP, 2009). He died in May 2022.

• Introduction by Ulrike HeuerPart I: Normativity in Action1: Intention and Value (2017)2: Intention and Motivation (unpublished)3: Normativity: The Place of Reasoning (2015)4: Can Moral Principles Change? (unpublished)Part II: Reasons and Values5: Value and the Weight of Practical Reasons (2016)6: The Guise of the Bad (2016)7: Normative Powers (unpublished)8: Is There a Reason to Keep a Promise? (2014)Part III: The Normative in Our Lives9: The Role of Well-Being (2004)10: Attachments and Associated Reasons (unpublished)11: Identity and Social Bonds (unpublished)12: Normativity and the Other (unpublished)ReferencesIndex

Raz was a highly systematic thinker whose passing brought an end to his intellectual journey. Able now to review its entire course, we can discern its leading ideas and trace their interconnections. . . . [Raz’s is] among the most considerable and impressive intellectual achievements of our era