Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy
Harvard University Press (1985)
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By the time of his death in 2003, Bernard 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. Presenting a sustained critique of moral theory from Kant onwards, Williams reorients ethical theory towards ‘truth, truthfulness and the meaning of an individual life’. He explores and reflects upon the most difficult problems in contemporary philosophy and identifies new ideas about central issues such as relativism, objectivity and the possibility of ethical knowledge. This edition also includes a new commentary on the text by A.W.Moore and a foreword by Jonathan Lear
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| Keywords | Ethics |
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| Reprint years | 2006, 2011, 2012, 2015 |
| Call number | BJ1012.W52 1985 |
| ISBN(s) | 0674268571 9780415399845 9780203828281 9781136807251 9781136807190 9781136807244 9781136807206 9781136807220 9780415610148 1136807241 9781138834736 |
| DOI | 10.2307/2026097 |
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