Bernard Williams
September 21, 1929, Westcliff, Essex | |
June 10 2003, Rome | |
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"Bernard Williams revivified moral philosophy, [...] and pioneered the current debates on personal identity and the self, and on the notion of equality."
-- The Guardian)
"In his philosophical work, he rejected the nearly mathematical positivism predominant when he was a student and the utilitarian views that morality lay in seeking the greatest good for the greatest number."
-- Letter Al Direttore
Achievements
- Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy
- Shame and Necessity
- Truth and Truthfulness
- Counter-Example to John Locke