Morality: An Introduction to Ethics (Canto Classics)

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Bernard WilliamsCambridge University PressEdition: Reprint, 3/29/2012EAN 9781107604766, ISBN10: 1107604761Paperback, 120 pages, 21.6 x 13.8 x 0.7 cmLanguage: EnglishOriginally publ ished in EnglishIn 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.PrefacePreface to the Canto editionThe amoralistSubjectivismfirst thoughtsInterludeRelativismSubjectivismfurther thoughts'Good'Goodness and rolesMoral standards and the distinguishing mark of manGod, morality, and prudenceWhat is morality about?Utilitarianism. Show more