A brake lining for a partial-lining disk brake of a rail vehicle comprises a lining carrier (3) and a plurality of lining elements (41, 42, 43) mounted on the lining carrier (3) via carrier plates (5), said carrier plates (5) being mounted on the lining carrier (3) spherically and the lining elements (41, 42, 43) being mounted on the carrier plates (5) spherically, the mounting of the lining elements (41, 42, 43) on the lining carrier (3) via the carrier plates (5) being designed in such a manner that a surface pressure (P) of the lining elements (41, 42, 43) generated by a brake application force during pressing of the lining elements (41, 42, 43) against a brake disk (6) decreases radially relative to the axis of rotation of the brake disk (6) with increasing distance of the lining elements (41, 42, 43) from the axis of rotation of the brake disk (6). The invention also relates to an arrangement of a brake lining (1) for a partial-lining disk brake of a rail vehicle on a lining holder (2) of a partial-lining disk brake of a rail vehicle and to a method for actuating a brake lining (1) for a partial-lining disk brake of a rail vehicle, said brake lining being held on a lining holder (2) of a brake disk assembly of a rail vehicle.