Joseph Raz (1939–2022) – British legal philosopher of Israeli origin, a pupil of H.L.A. Hart and a leading representative of exclusive positivism. Best known for his service conception of legal authority, he treated the philosophy of law, moral philosophy and political philosophy as parts of a single practical philosophy.
Texts in the „Archive”
Around Selected Themes in the Moral Philosophy of Joseph Raz. Part I
Beata Polanowska-Sygulska · Issue 1(42)/2025
An introduction to the side of Raz’s practical philosophy less familiar to Polish readers – the moral and political themes that in his view form one whole with the philosophy of law.
Around Selected Themes in the Moral Philosophy of Joseph Raz. Part II
Beata Polanowska-Sygulska · Issue 2(43)/2025
The second part of the analysis of Raz’s position in moral philosophy and of his place in contemporary debates in practical philosophy.
See also the Legal Positivism and Law and Morality collections.