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Sep 17, 2024 · Quick Facts. In full: Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams. Born: September 21, 1929, Westcliff, Essex, England. Died: June 10, 2003, Rome, Italy (aged 73)
Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams, FBA (21 September 1929 – 10 June 2003) was an English moral philosopher. His publications include Problems of the Self (1973), Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy (1985), Shame and Necessity (1993), and Truth and Truthfulness (2002).
Feb 1, 2006 · Bernard Williams (1929–2003) was a leading influence in philosophical ethics in the latter half of the twentieth century. He rejected the codification of ethics into moral theories that views such as Kantianism and (above all) utilitarianism see as essential to philosophical thinking about ethics, arguing that our ethical life is too untidy ...
Jun 14, 2003 · Sir Bernard Williams, the lightning-witted Oxford professor who is credited with reviving the field of moral philosophy and was considered by some to be the greatest British philosopher of his...
He died on 10 June 2003 during a brief holiday in Rome. The immediate cause of his death was a heart attack, though he had for four years been struggling with cancer.
Bernard Williams, in full Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams, (born Sept. 21, 1929, Westcliff, Essex, Eng.—died June 10, 2003, Rome, Italy), English philosopher. He studied at the University of Oxford and served in the Royal Air Force (1951–53).
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Abstract. This is a eulogy for the philosopher Bernard Williams, who died in 2003. Keywords: Bernard Williams, philosophy. Subject. Moral Philosophy. Collection: Oxford Scholarship Online. Bernard Williams was an improbable blend of rebellion and responsibility.
