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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810500903321

Autore

Williams Bernard <1929-2003, >

Titolo

Morality : an introduction to ethics / / Bernard Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1993

©1993

ISBN

1-107-38695-0

1-139-89395-5

1-107-39548-8

1-107-39068-0

1-107-41453-9

1-107-38776-0

1-107-29567-X

1-107-11069-6

Edizione

[Canto edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 98 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Canto classics

Disciplina

170

Soggetti

Ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface to the Canto edition -- Preface -- MORALITY: AN INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS -- The amoralist -- Subjectivism: First thoughts -- Interlude: Relativism -- Subjectivism: Further thoughts -- 'Good' -- Goodness and roles -- Moral standards and the distinguishing mark of a man -- God, morality, and prudence -- What is morality about? -- Utilitarianism.

Sommario/riassunto

In Morality Bernard Williams confronts the problems of writing moral philosophy and offers a stimulating alternative to more systematic accounts which seem nevertheless to have left all the important issues somewhere off the page. Williams explains, analyses and distinguishes a number of key positions, from the purely amoral to notions of subjective or relative morality, testing their coherence before going on to explore the nature of 'goodness' in relation to responsibilities and choice, roles, standards and human nature. A classic in moral



philosophy.