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Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy is widely acknowledged to be Bernard Williams' most important book and a contemporary classic of moral philosophy. Delivering a sustained critique of moral theory from Kant onward, Williams reorients ethical theory towards "truth, truthfulness and the... read more

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IT IS NOT a trivial question, Socrates said: what we are talking about is how one should live.

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  1. ethics
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