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Joseph Raz

1939 - 2022

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Joseph Raz (; Hebrew: יוסף רז; born Joseph Zaltsman; 21 March 1939 – 2 May 2022) was an Israeli legal, moral and political philosopher. He was an advocate of legal positivism and is known for his conception of perfectionist liberalism. Raz spent most of his career as a professor of philosophy of law at Balliol College, Oxford, and was latterly a part-time professor of law at Columbia University Law School and a part-time professor at King's College London. He received the Tang Prize in Rule of Law in 2018. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Raz is the 1,049th most popular philosopher (up from 1,070th in 2019), the 241st most popular biography from Israel (up from 258th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Israeli Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Joseph Raz ranks 1,049 out of 1,267. Before him are Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Seyla Benhabib, Persaeus, Alfonso Reyes, David of Dinant, and Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster. After him are Mary Whiton Calkins, Carl Dahlhaus, Johann Eduard Erdmann, Heymann Steinthal, Idomeneus of Lampsacus, and J. L. Mackie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Joseph Raz ranks 316. Before him are Claudette Colvin, Paolo Salvati, Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Rosie Reyes, Giorgio Gaber, and Sid Haig. After him are Robert Waseige, Alexandra Stewart, Norma Cappagli, Vaçe Zela, Baldur Preiml, and Sumio Iijima. Among people deceased in 2022, Joseph Raz ranks 298. Before him are Paul Herman, Boris Melnikov, Technoblade, Herbert Achternbusch, Henk Groot, and Steinar Amundsen. After him are Chaim Kanievsky, Pharoah Sanders, Hugo Fernández, Lygia Fagundes Telles, Carmela Corren, and Vira Vovk.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Joseph Raz ranks 241 out of 466. Before him are Meir Shalev (1948), Tamir Pardo (1953), Achinoam Nini (1969), Gila Almagor (1939), Yvan Attal (1965), and Amotz Zahavi (1928). After him are Gideon Sa'ar (1966), Carmela Corren (1938), Narcissus of Jerusalem (95), Israel Finkelstein (1949), Ari Folman (1962), and Yasmin Levy (1975).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Israel

Among philosophers born in Israel, Joseph Raz ranks 3. Before him are Antiochus of Ascalon (-130), and Azmi Bishara (1956). After him are Yuval Steinitz (1958).

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