Luck, value, and commitment : themes from the ethics of Bernard Williams / edited by Ulrike Heuer and Gerald Lang.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heuer, Ulrike, editor.

Lang, Gerald R., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Williams, Bernard, 1929-2003.

Williams, Bernard.

Ethics.

Values.

Philosophy, Modern--20th century.

Philosophy, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 338 pages)

Other Title:

Themes from the ethics of Bernard Williams

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection comprises 11 essays which engage with, or take their point of departure from, the influential work in moral and political philosophy of Bernard Williams (1929-2003). Leading philosophers explore Williams's work on systematic moral theory moral luck, 'internalism', epistemology and intuitionism, and equality.

Contents:

Ethical theory: Theory versus anti-theory in ethics / Brad Hooker ; The inescapability of consequentialism / Philip Pettit ; 'One thought too many' : love, morality, and the ordering of commitment / Susan Wolf

Moral luck: Being responsible, taking responsibility, and penumbral agency / David Enoch ; Agency and luck / Joseph Raz ; Justification, regret, and moral complaint : looking forward and looking backward on (and in) human life / R. Jay Wallace

Reason and 'ought': A puzzle about internal reasons / Michael Smith ; Thick concepts and internal reasons / Ulrike Heuer ; Williams on Ought / John Broome

Institutionsim and moral knowledge: McDowell, Williams, and intuitionism / Jonathan Dancy

Political philosophy: Discrimination, partial concern, and arbitrariness / Gerald Lang.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 12, 2012).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-77733-8

9786613687722

0-19-163154-X

OCLC:

922971215