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Joseph Raz Quotes on Freedom

Joseph Raz was an Israeli-British legal and moral philosopher and one of the leading legal positivists of his generation. This page collects quotes attributed to Joseph Raz on the topic of freedom, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Joseph Raz:

    “An autonomous life is a life in which one is part-author of one's own existence.”

  • Attributed to Joseph Raz:

    “Reasons exclude as well as require.”

  • Attributed to Joseph Raz:

    “Liberalism without perfectionism leaves the goods of life unprotected.”

  • Attributed to Joseph Raz:

    “Rule by law is one thing; the rule of law is another.”