Bernard Williams's remarkable essay on morality confronts the problems of writing moral philosophy, and offers a stimulating alternative to more systematic accounts that seem nevertheless to have left all the important issues somewhere off the page. Williams explains, analyzes and distinguishes a n
Morality : an introduction to ethics
โ Scribed by Williams, Bernard
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 113
- Series
- Canto
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Bernard Williams's remarkable essay on morality confronts the problems of writing moral philosophy, and offers a stimulating alternative to more systematic accounts that seem nevertheless to have left all the important issues somewhere off the page. Williams explains, analyzes and distinguishes a number of key positions, from the purely amoral to notions of subjective or relative morality, testing their coherence before going on to explore the nature of "goodness" in relation to responsibilities and choice, roles, standards, and human nature
โฆ Subjects
Ethics. PHILOSOPHY -- Social. PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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