Bernard Williams (Contemporary Philosophy in Focus)

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 5
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Dedication......Page 9
Contents......Page 11
List of Contributors......Page 13
Acknowledgments......Page 15
Introduction......Page 19
References......Page 39
1. Realism, Science, and Ethics......Page 42
2. The Absolute Conception......Page 45
3. What the Argument for the Possibility of the Absolute Conception Requires......Page 51
4. Realism and Its Variants......Page 55
References......Page 62
1. Between Subjectivism and Objectivism......Page 65
2. The Unity of the Scientific and the Plurality of the Ethical......Page 70
3. Understanding the Hypertraditionalists......Page 72
4. The Failure of Indirect Vindication......Page 77
5. Avoiding the Hypertraditionalists' Predicament......Page 81
CONCLUSION......Page 87
References......Page 88
3 Internal Reasons and the Scope of Blame......Page 91
1. What is the Difference between Internal and External Reasons?......Page 92
2. Does Williams Differ from Hume?......Page 97
3. What Is the Case for internalism?......Page 103
4. Can Something Be a Reason for an Agent which that Agent Has No Ability to Recognize as a Reason?......Page 107
5. What Is the Connection between Moral Obligations and Reasons?......Page 111
6. What Are Cognitive Internalism's Implications for Morality?......Page 115
References......Page 120
1. What Is the Morality System?......Page 122
2. Kant and the Morality System......Page 131
3. Would We Be Better Off without the Morality System?......Page 144
References......Page 148
5 Shame, Guilt, and Pathological Guilt: A Discussion of Bernard Williams......Page 153
1. Guilt without Shame: Pathologies and Mistakes......Page 154
2. Self-Regarding and Indecorous Shame......Page 158
3. Identificatory Shame......Page 159
4. Shame without Responsibility......Page 162
5. Same's Understanding of Guilt and Guilt's Understanding of Shame......Page 163
6. Williams on Distinguishing Shame and Guilt......Page 164
References......Page 171
6 Williams on Greek Literature and Philosophy......Page 173
1. Williams' Writings before Shame and Necessity......Page 174
2. Shame and Necessity: The Critique of "Pogressivism"......Page 179
3. Progressivism and Psychological Explanations......Page 182
4. Shame, Guilt, and "Heteronomy"......Page 186
5. Necessity and Luck......Page 193
6. Plato Revisited......Page 196
References......Page 198
1. The Forms of Genealogy......Page 199
2. History Distinguished from Genealogy......Page 202
3. Explaining the Concept of Knowledge via a "State of Nature" Narrative......Page 208
4. Two Diverging Uses for "State of Nature" Narratives......Page 210
5. Genealogies as Revelatory of Function......Page 215
References......Page 218
A Guide to Further Reading on Bernard Williams......Page 219
Composite List of Works Cited......Page 221
Index......Page 231