In this book Bernard Williams delivers a sustained indictment of moral theory from Kant onward. His goal is nothing less than to reorient ethics toward the individual. He deals with the most thorny questions in contemporary philosophy and offers new ideas about issues such as relativism, objectivity, and the possibility of ethical knowledge.
Table of Contents
1. Socrates' Question
2. The Archimedean Point
3. Foundations: Well-Being
4. Foundations: Practical Reason
5. Styles of Ethical Theory
6. Theory and Prejudice
7. The Linguistic Turn
8. Knowledge, Science, Convergence
9. Relativism and Reflection
10. Morality, the Peculiar Institution
Postscript
Notes
Index
