Value, Respect, and Attachment

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 univers...

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.

作者：约瑟夫•拉兹（Joseph Raz）：牛津大学贝利奥尔学院的法哲学教授和研究员、哥伦比亚大学的客座教授，以及不列颠学院院士和美国国家艺术与科学院的荣誉院士。是当代富有影响力的法哲学家。主要著作有：《法律体系概念》、《实践理性和法则》、《法律的权威性》、《自由的道德》、《公共领域内的伦理学》，以及《探究理性》。

译者：蔡蓁，北京大学哲学博士，美国印第安那大学哲学博士后，华东师范大学哲学系副教授。