Bernard Williams

Mark Jenkins

Published by McGill-Queen's University Press 2006

Bernard Williams

Mark Jenkins

Volume 8 in the series Philosophy Now

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780773585584

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About this book

From his earliest work - on personal identity - to his last - on the value of truthfulness - Bernard Williams' ideas and arguments have been sometimes controversial, often influential, and always worth studying. Mark Jenkins provides a comprehensive account of Williams' many significant contributions to contemporary philosophy and his relation to the work of other philosophers, including prominent forerunners such as Hume and Nietzsche and contemporary thinkers such as, Nagel, McDowell, MacIntyre, and Taylor. Topics considered include personal identity, various critiques of moral theory, practical reasoning and moral motivation, truth and objectivity, and the relevance of ancient Greece to modern life. While Williams' work is fragmentary and resistant to familiar labels, Jenkins reveals the recurring themes and connections within his writings, and the philosophical underpinnings to his work.

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Jenkins Mark :

Mark P. Jenkins is visiting assistant professor, ethics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.Mark P. Jenkins is visiting assistant professor, ethics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction: "Against the shortsighted" Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Personal identity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Critique of utilitarianism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
Critique of the morality system Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Practical reason Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Truth, objectivity and knowledge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
The ancient world Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Conclusion: "a pessimism of strength?" Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199

Language: English
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
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- Main content: 216

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Published: July 31, 2006
ISBN: 9780773585584