Joseph Raz / Véronique Munoz-Dardé

Organised in co-operation with New York University in London
6.30pm (drinks) for 7pm | Thursday 22 November 2001
6 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3RA

Author
Joseph Raz, Balliol College, Oxford

Respondent
Véronique Munoz-Dardé, Department of Philosophy, UCL

Text: Value, Respect and Attachment (CUP, October 2001)
In his latest book, Professor Raz reflects critically on one of the central tenets of ethical thought, the view that values are universal. How can the latter be so, when evaluative properties are historically or socially dependent? He concludes that we should try to understand what is and what is not entailed by the universality of values rather than abandoning the belief altogether, with such a proper understanding being central to the future hopes of mankind.

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