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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 ...
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). He was knighted in 1999.
Sep 17, 2024 · Bernard Williams, English philosopher, noted especially for his writings on the nature of ethics, the limits of objectivity in ethics and science, and the history of Western philosophy, both ancient and modern. He is considered one of the most important ethical philosophers of the 20th century.
Oct 27, 2016 · For half a century, the English philosopher Bernard Williams (b. 1929–d. 2003) was a distinctive and individual voice in Anglophone philosophy. He made major original contributions to the history of philosophy, epistemology, the philosophy of personal identity, and ethics.
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).
Sep 17, 2024 · Philosophy & Religion Philosophers. Morality and the limits of objectivity. in Bernard Williams. Also known as: Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams. Written by. Thomas Nagel is Emeritus University Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University.
Dec 16, 2023 · Bernard Arthur Owen Williams (1929–2003) was an English philosopher born in Essex. Educated at Oxford, Williams went on to become a leading figure in twentieth-century philosophy, influencing the fields of moral philosophy, personal identity and the self, moral psychology, and political theories of equality.
