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Review: Ethics and the Limits of PhilosophyUser Review - JP - GoodreadsBernard William gets at the core of the issue, while still covering the basics of both utilitarian and relativist thoughts. His thesis is skepticism that there can be a universal basis for ethics, but ... Read full review Review: Ethics and the Limits of PhilosophyUser Review - Richard Newton - GoodreadsThis is an interesting book in which Williams makes some profound and deep observations, not just about ethics but, as the title implies, about the ability of philosophy to understand, create or ... Read full review Related books
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Common terms and phrasesaccept action Amartya Sen amoralist answer apply argument Aristotle Aristotle's assumptions basic blame called Chapter claim concerned conclusion conflict convergence criticism cultural David Wiggins deliberation deliberative priority Derek Parfit desire disagreement discussion distinction egoistic ethical beliefs ethical concepts ethical considerations ethical dispositions ethical theory ethical thought explain expressed fact fact-value distinction freedom G. E. Moore give Hare's human idea ideal Ideal Observer theory important instance intuitions involved judgments justice Kant Kant's kind of ethical linguistic live means merely meta-ethical modern Moral Luck moral philosophy morality system motivations Myles Burnyeat natural naturalistic fallacy notion objective obligation outlook particular people's person Plato possible practical reason preferences prescriptive principle problem question rational agent reflection relation relativism requires sense simply skeptic social society Socrates someone supposed things tion truth understanding University Press utilitarianism virtue Bibliographic information
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