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  • Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy

    by Bernard Williams ...
    Bernard Williams is an eloquent member of that small but important group of distinguished thinkers who are trying to erase the borders between the experts and all of us who grapple with moral issues in our own lives. In this book he delivers a sustained indictment of systematic moral theory from Kant onward and offers a persuasive alternative.Kant’s ideas involved a view of the self we can no ... Read more

    $38.49 CAD

  • Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy

    by Bernard Williams ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    With a new foreword by Jonathan Lear'Remarkably lively and enjoyable…It is a very rich book, containing excellent descriptions of a variety of moral theories, and innumerable and often witty observations on topics encountered on the way.' - Times Literary SupplementBernard Williams was one of the greatest philosophers of his generation. Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy is not only widely ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

  • Problems of the Self

    Philosophical Papers 1956–1972

    by Bernard Williams ...
    This is a volume of philosophical studies, centred on problems of personal identity and extending to related topics in the philosophy of mind and moral philosophy. ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Morality

    An Introduction to Ethics

    by Bernard Williams ...
    Series series Canto Classics
    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 ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Moral Luck

    Philosophical Papers 1973–1980

    by Bernard Williams ...
    A new volume of philosophical essays by Bernard Williams. The book is a successor to Problems of the Self, but whereas that volume dealt mainly with questions of personal identity, Moral Luck centres on questions of moral philosophy and the theory of rational action. That whole area has of course been strikingly reinvigorated over the last deacde, and philosophers have both broadened and deepened ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy

    by Bernard Williams ...
    By the time of his death in 2003, Bernard Williams was one of the greatest philosophers of his generation. Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy is not only widely acknowledged to be his most important book, but also hailed a contemporary classic of moral philosophy.Presenting a sustained critique of moral theory from Kant onwards, Williams reorients ethical theory towards ‘truth, truthfulness and ... Read more

    $236.99 CAD

  • Truth and Truthfulness

    An Essay in Genealogy

    by Bernard Williams ...
    What does it mean to be truthful? What role does truth play in our lives? What do we lose if we reject truthfulness? No philosopher is better suited to answer these questions than Bernard Williams. Writing with his characteristic combination of passion and elegant simplicity, he explores the value of truth and finds it to be both less and more than we might imagine.Modern culture exhibits two ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • In the Beginning Was the Deed

    Realism and Moralism in Political Argument

    by Bernard Williams ...
    Bernard Williams is remembered as one of the most brilliant and original philosophers of the past fifty years. Widely respected as a moral philosopher, Williams began to write about politics in a sustained way in the early 1980s. There followed a stream of articles, lectures, and other major contributions to issues of public concern--all complemented by his many works on ethics, which have ... Read more

    $40.69 CAD

  • Truth and Truthfulness

    An Essay in Genealogy

    by Bernard Williams ...
    Series series Princeton Classics
    What does it mean to be truthful? What role does truth play in our lives? What do we lose if we reject truthfulness? No philosopher is better suited to answer these questions than Bernard Williams. Writing with his characteristic combination of passion and elegant simplicity, he explores the value of truth and finds it to be both less and more than we might imagine.Modern culture exhibits two ... Read more

    $24.19 CAD

  • Moral Luck / Moralischer Zufall

    Englisch/Deutsch. [Great Papers Philosophie]

    by Bernard Williams ...
    Translated by Stefan Riedener ...
    Series series Reclams Universal-Bibliothek
    Einer der ganz großen Essays der philosophischen Ethik in neuer Übersetzung, mit Kommentar und einführendem NachwortWilliams' Text diskutiert eines der faszinierendsten Probleme der Ethik: Wir bewerten uns als Handelnde oft danach, ob unser Handeln erfolgreich war – auch wenn dieser Erfolg jenseits unserer Kontrolle lag. Es scheint also vom Zufall abzuhängen, ob wir mit uns in Bezug auf unser ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Essays and Reviews

    1959–2002

    by Bernard Williams ...
    The first collection of popular reviews and essays from distinguished philosopher Bernard WilliamsBernard Williams was one of the most important philosophers of the past fifty years, but he was also a distinguished critic and essayist with an elegant style and a rare ability to communicate complex ideas to a wide public. This is the first collection of Williams's popular essays and reviews. ... Read more

    $35.19 CAD

  • IMMANUEL KANT Premium Collection: Complete Critiques, Philosophical Works and Essays (Including Kant's Inaugural Dissertation)

    Enriched edition. Enlightenment Philosophy and Kantian Rationalism

    by Immanuel Kant, Meredith Langley2 ...
    Translated by Thomas De Quincey, Paul Carus, J. M. D. Meiklejohn, J. H. Bernard, William Hastie, Emanuel F. Goerwitz, T. K. Abbott, W. J. Eckoff, R. B. Haldane ...
    Immanuel Kant's "IMMANUEL KANT Premium Collection: Complete Critiques, Philosophical Works and Essays (Including Kant's Inaugural Dissertation)" presents a monumental compilation of his most influential texts that shaped modern philosophy. The collection encapsulates his critical philosophy, characterized by rigorous analytical reasoning, systematic exploration of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics ... Read more

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