Bernard Williams
Birth date: September 21, 1929
Died: June 10, 2003
Bernard Williams's Books
“Was there ever a better hour for gaiety? Who will sing us a song, a morning song, so sunny, so light, so full-fledged that it does not chase away the crickets but instead invites them to join in the singing and dancing?” [383]The style of writing adopted by Nietzsche – although it appealed to him ...
This slim book was assigned reading in a philosophy course on ethics I took in college. It consists of two essays. J. J. Smart's "An Outline of a System of Utilitarian Ethics" and Bernard William's "A Critique of Utilitarianism." I remember when I was first introduced in school to the subject of eth...