Bernard Arthur Owen Williams (1929–2003)

Author of Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy

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Works by Bernard Arthur Owen Williams

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Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy (1985) 560 copies, 3 reviews

Morality: An Introduction to Ethics (Canto) (1972) — Author — 373 copies, 3 reviews

Utilitarianism: For and Against (1973) — Author — 306 copies, 5 reviews

Shame and Necessity (1994) 278 copies, 1 review

Descartes: The Project of Pure Enquiry (1978) 273 copies, 1 review

Truth and truthfulness: an essay in genealogy (2002) 218 copies, 2 reviews

Moral Luck (1981) 189 copies, 2 reviews

Problems of the Self (1973) 150 copies, 1 review

The Sense of the Past: Essays in the History of Philosophy (2006) 121 copies

In the Beginning Was the Deed: Realism and Moralism in Political Argument (2005) 87 copies

Utilitarianism and Beyond (1982) — Editor — 86 copies

Plato (1998) 78 copies

Making Sense of Humanity: And Other Philosophical Papers (1995) 77 copies

Philosophy as a Humanistic Discipline (2006) 74 copies

Essays and Reviews: 1959-2002 (2014) 73 copies

On Opera (2006) 39 copies

British analytical philosophy (1966) 23 copies

Obscenity and Film Censorship: An Abridgement of the Williams Report (1981) 8 copies

Toleration: An Impossible Virtue? 2 copies

One World Many Issues (2001) 2 copies

Il senso del passato. Scritti di storia della filosofia vol. 2 (2009) 2 copies

Kritik des Utilitarismus (Klostermann Texte Philosophie) (1979) 1 copy

Internal and External Reasons 1 copy

Rationalism 1 copy

How free does the will need to be? 1 copy

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Associated Works

Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) — Introduction, some editions — 4,070 copies, 27 reviews

The Great Philosophers: An Introduction to Western Philosophy (1987) — Contributor — 439 copies, 2 reviews

Philosophy 1: A Guide through the Subject (Vol 1) (1995) — Contributor — 273 copies, 1 review

Concepts and Categories: Philosophical Essays (1978) — Introduction, some editions — 225 copies, 4 reviews

Western Philosophy: An Anthology (1996) — Author, some editions — 197 copies, 1 review

The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature (1999) — Contributor — 189 copies, 2 reviews

A Modern Introduction to Philosophy (1957) — Contributor — 188 copies, 2 reviews

Essays on Aristotle's Ethics (1980) — Contributor — 160 copies

The Theaetetus of Plato (1990) — Introduction, some editions — 133 copies

Virtue Ethics (1997) — Contributor — 132 copies

Reading Philosophy: Selected Texts with a Method for Beginners (2002) — Contributor — 64 copies

Reading Rorty: Critical Responses to Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature and Beyond (1990) — Contributor — 60 copies

Plato's Republic: Critical Essays (Critical Essays on the Classics Series) (1997) — Contributor — 36 copies

Philosophy, Politics and Society: Second Series (1973) — Contributor — 35 copies, 1 review

The Practice of Value (2003) — Contributor — 35 copies

English National Opera Guide : Puccini : Tosca (1982) — Contributor — 30 copies

Divine Commands and Morality (1981) — Contributor — 28 copies

The Skeptical Tradition (1983) — Contributor — 19 copies

World, Mind, and Ethics: Essays on the Ethical Philosophy of Bernard Williams (1995) — Contributor — 19 copies

Isaiah Berlin: A Celebration (1991) — Contributor — 17 copies

Language (Companions to Ancient Thought) (1994) — Contributor — 15 copies

Language and Logos: Studies in Ancient Greek Philosophy Presented to G. E. L. Owen (1982) — Contributor — 12 copies

Aristotle And Moral Realism (1995) — Contributor — 11 copies

Reading Ethics (Reading Philosophy) (2008) — Contributor — 10 copies

Ethics, value, and reality: Selected papers of Aurel Kolnai (1977) — Introduction, some editions — 10 copies

The Greeks and Us: Essays in Honor of Arthur W.H.Adkins (1996) — Contributor — 6 copies

Exegesis and Argument: Studies in Greek Philosophy Presented to Gregory Vlastos — Contributor — 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1929-09-21
Date of death: 2003-06-10
Gender: male
Nationality: England, UK
Birthplace: Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England
Place of death: Rome, Italy

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Morality (Canto Classics): An Introduction to Ethics by Bernard Williams

I will just copypaste my personal summary of the book below, made as I read through for easier recall. As a summary of moral concepts, it is frustratingly dense but thankfully short. Williams spends a lot of time saying little, yet manages to condense a good deal of moral philosophy into this book. Nevertheless, a taxing read. 2/5 based on the Goodreads guidelines of "it's ok".

Please feel free to point out if I misunderstood Williams - very likely -.-

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Zedseayou | 2 other reviews | Jan 30, 2024 |

Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy by Bernard Williams

indictment on moral theory from Kant onward

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SrMaryLea | 2 other reviews | Aug 23, 2023 |

Morality: an introduction to ethics (Harper… by Bernard Arthur Owen Williams

overview

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SrMaryLea | 2 other reviews | Aug 22, 2023 |

Moral Luck by Bernard Williams

Title looked interesting, it’s a subject I’m fascinated with. But the writing is a little too complex for me, not totally incomprehensible, but I think I’d have to really -study- it to comprehend it, rereading sentences many times, with frequent references to a dictionary and the SEP. And I’m just too lazy for that.

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steve02476 | 1 other review | Jan 3, 2023 |

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