In the Beginning Was the Deed : : Realism and Moralism in Political Argument / / Bernard Williams; Geoffrey Hawthorn.

Bernard Williams is remembered as one of the most brilliant and original philosophers of the past fifty years. Widely respected as a moral philosopher, Williams began to write about politics in a sustained way in the early 1980s. There followed a stream of articles, lectures, and other major contrib...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009]
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Year of Publication:2009
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Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface / Williams, Patricia
  • Introduction / Hawthorn, Geoffrey
  • One. Realism and Moralism in Political Theory
  • Two. In the Beginning Was the Deed
  • Three. Pluralism, Community and Left Wittgensteinianism
  • Four. Modernity and the Substance of Ethical Life
  • Five. The Liberalism of Fear
  • Six. Human Rights and Relativism
  • Seven. From Freedom to Liberty: The Construction of a Political Value
  • Eight. The Idea of Equality
  • Nine. Conflicts of Liberty and Equality
  • Ten. Toleration, A Political Or Moral Question?
  • Eleven. Censorship
  • Twelve. Humanitarianism And The Right To Intervene
  • Thirteen. Truth, Politics, And Self-Deception
  • Bernard Williams: Writings of Political Interest
  • Index