1st Edition

Bernard Williams

By Mark Jenkins Copyright 2006
216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

From his earliest work on personal identity to his last on the value of truthfulness, the ideas and arguments of Bernard Williams - in the metaphysics of personhood, in the history of philosophy, but especially in ethics and moral psychology - have proved sometimes controversial, often influential, and always worth studying. This book provides a comprehensive account of Williams's many significant... Read more
Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: "Against the shortsighted" 2. Personal Identity 3. Critique of utilitarianiasm 4. Critique of the morality system 5. Practical reason 6. Truth, objectivity and knowledge 7. The ancient world 8. Conclusion: "a pessimism of strength?" Bibliography Index

Biography

Mark Jenkins