Ethics and the limits of philosophy / Bernard Williams ; with a commentary on the text by A.W. Moore and a foreword by Jonathan Lear.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Bernard, 1929-2003, author.

Contributor:

Lear, Jonathan.

Moore, A. W., 1956-

Series:

Routledge classics.

Routledge classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 1985, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With a new foreword by Jonathan Lear'Remarkably lively and enjoyable...It is a very rich book, containing excellent descriptions of a variety of moral theories, and innumerable and often witty observations on topics encountered on the way.' - Times Literary SupplementBernard Williams was one of the greatest philosophers of his generation. Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy is not only widely acknowledged to be his most important book, but also hailed a contemporary classic of moral philosophy. Drawing on the ideas of the Greek philosophers, Williams reori

Contents:

Cover; Bernard Williams: Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy; Copyright; Contents; Foreword To The Routledge Classics Edition; Preface; 1. Socrates' Question; 2. The Archimedean Point; 3. Foundations: Well-Being; 4. Foundations: Practical Reason; 5. Styles of Ethical Theory; 6. Theory and Prejudice; 7. The Linguistic Turn; 8. Knowledge, Science, Convergence; 9. Relativism and Refl ection; 10. Morality, the Peculiar Institution; Postscript; Commentary on the Text by A. W. Moore; Notes; Index

Notes:

First published by Fontana Press, 1985.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780203828281

0203828283

9781136807251

113680725X

9781136807244

1136807241

OCLC:

773564549