Ethics and the limits of philosophy / Bernard Williams.
1985
170.42 W721e 1985
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Title
Ethics and the limits of philosophy / Bernard Williams.
ISBN
0674268571 (alk. paper)
9780674268579 (alk. paper)
067426858X (pbk.)
9780674268586 (pbk.)
9780674268579 (alk. paper)
067426858X (pbk.)
9780674268586 (pbk.)
Published
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1985.
Language
English
Description
ix, 230 pages ; 25 cm
Call Number
170.42 W721e 1985
System Control No.
(OCoLC)11398761
(OCoLC)11398761
(OCoLC)11398761
Summary
In this book Bernard Williams delivers a sustained indictment of moral theory from Kant onward. His goal is nothing less than to reorient ethics toward the individual. He deals with the most thorny questions in contemporary philosophy and offers new ideas about issues such as relativism, objectivity, and the possibility of ethical knowledge. -- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-224) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Socrates' question
The Archimedean point
Foundations : well-being
Foundations : practical reason
Styles of ethical theory
Theory and prejudice
The linguistic turn
Knowledge, science, convergence
Relativism and reflection
Morality, the peculiar institution.
The Archimedean point
Foundations : well-being
Foundations : practical reason
Styles of ethical theory
Theory and prejudice
The linguistic turn
Knowledge, science, convergence
Relativism and reflection
Morality, the peculiar institution.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Williams, Bernard Arthur Owen. Ethics and the limits of philosophy. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1985
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