Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy

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1、ETHICSANDTHELIMITSOFPHILOSOPHY‘BernardWilliams’sbookisbetterreadnotasanintroductiontoethics,butasanattempttotakestockofthepresentstateofthesubject.Assuch,itisasplendidpieceofwork.’RichardNorman,TimesHigherEducationSupplement‘Thisisasuperiorbook,glitteringwithintelligenceandsty

2、le.’ThomasNagel,JournalofPhilosophy‘Williams’sdiscussionsaremuchtobevalued:hisexplicitnessandargumentativeingenuityfocustheissuesmoresharply,andatgreaterdepth,thananycomparableworkIknow...Oneofthemostinterestingcontributionsofrecentyears,notonlytoethicsbuttophilosophy’.JohnMcD

3、owell,Mind‘Whohasnotasked–ifonlywhendepressed–“HowshouldIlive,andhowcanIfindout?”Toreadthisbookistobetakenthroughoneofthemostsophisticateddiscussionsavailableofsuchquestionsbyanengaging,sceptical,oftenwrylywittyandextraordinarysubtleprofessional.’RonalddeSousa,NewYorkTimesBookR

4、eview‘Remarkablylivelyandenjoyable...Itisaveryrichbook,con-tainingexcellentdescriptionsofavarietyofmoraltheories,andinnumerableandoftenwittyobservationsontopicsencounteredontheway.’PhilippaFoot,TimesLiterarySupplementBythetimeofhisdeathin2003,BernardWilliamswasacknow-ledgedtob

5、eoneofthegreatestphilosophersofhisgeneration.Hisworkwasmarkedbyanunusualcombinationofrigour,imaginationanddepth,andbyitshumanity.HisbooksincludeMorality,Utilitarianism:ForandAgainst,Descartes:TheProjectofPureEnquiry,ShameandNecessityandTruthandTruthfulness.BernardWilliamsEthic

6、sandtheLimitsofPhilosophyWithacommentaryonthetextbyA.W.MooreFirstpublishedbyFontanaPress1985Thiseditionfirstpublished2006byRoutledge2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,OX144RNThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2006.“TopurchaseyourowncopyofthisoranyofTaylor&FrancisorRo

7、utledge’scollectionofthousandsofeBookspleasegotowww.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.”RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusiness©BernardWilliams1985,1993BernardWilliamsassertsthemoralrighttobeidentifiedastheauthorofthiswork‘CommentaryontheText’©A.W.Moore2006,reprinted

8、withpermissionfromAcumenPressAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbo