Bernard Williams
British philosopher and leading 20th-century moral philosopher, known for influential work on ethics (including concepts such as moral luck and critiques of utilitarianism) and author of books like Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy and Shame and Necessity.
Books
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1. Shame And Necessity
An examination of ancient Greek moral thought and its implications for modern ethics, arguing that shame, honor, and social attachments are constitutive of moral life and cannot be reduced to impersonal rules or calculations; the work critiques consequentialist and Kantian frameworks for abstracting agents from their social and psychological conditions, defends the relevance of moral luck and personal integrity, and advocates a historically informed, pluralistic account of ethical judgment that takes emotions and social roles seriously.
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