Bernard Williams: Volume 8

By Mark P. Jenkins

Mark Jenkins provides a comprehensive account of Bernard Williams's many significant contributions to contemporary philosophy within the context of the contemporary world. Demanding that philosophy confront the difficulty and complexity of human life, Williams revived the morality debate previously taken up by Kant, Hume, and Nietzche to incorporate questions of self-interest, practicality, and integrity. Jenkins introduces Williams's morality system, his belief in the need for self-expression and authenticity, and the positive role of self-interest in moral action. Jenkins also explores Williams's work in relation to personal identity, truth and objectivity, the relevance of ancient Greece to modern life, and the work of contemporary thinkers such as, Nagel, McDowell, MacIntyre, and Taylor. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773531807
• ISBN13: 9780773531802
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.5"