{"product_id":"making-sense-of-humanity-and-other-philosophical-papers-1982-1993-paperback-9780521478687","title":"Making Sense of Humanity; And Other Philosophical Papers 1982–1993 (Paperback) 9780521478687","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMaking Sense of Humanity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAnd Other Philosophical Papers 1982–1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLike the two earlier volumes of Bernard Williams's papers published by CUP, Problems of the Self  and Moral Luck, this book will be welcomed by all readers with a serious interest in philosophy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBernard Williams (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521478687, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 30 June 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.425 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'In Making Sense of Humanity, Williams takes his scapel and sets about slicing morality's jugular: free will, blame, moral responsibility, the ability of everone to do the right thing, and the possibility of a theoretical justification for being good. His attack seems to me to be alarmingly convincing.'  Spectator\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis new volume of philosophical papers by Bernard Williams is divided into three sections: the first Action, Freedom, Responsibility, the second Philosophy, Evolution and the Human Sciences; in which appears the essay which gives the collection its title; and the third Ethics, which contains essays closely related to his 1983 book Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy.  Like the two earlier volumes of Williams's papers published by Cambridge University Press, Problems of the Self and Moral Luck, this volume will be welcomed by all readers with a serious interest in philosophy. It is published alongside a volume of essays on Williams's work, World, Mind, and Ethics: Essays on the Ethical Philosophy of Bernard Williams, edited by J. E. J. Altham and Ross Harrison, which provides a reappraisal of his work by other distinguished thinkers in the field.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Action, Freedom, Responsibility: 1. How free does the will need to be? 2. Voluntary acts and responsible agents\u003cbr\u003e 3. Internal reasons and the obscurity of blame\u003cbr\u003e 4. Moral incapacity\u003cbr\u003e 5. Acts and omissions, doing and not doing\u003cbr\u003e 6. Nietzsche's minimalist moral psychology\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Philosophy, Evolution and the Human Sciences: 7. Making sense of humanity\u003cbr\u003e 8. Evolutionary theory and epistemology\u003cbr\u003e 9. Evolution, ethics and the representation problem\u003cbr\u003e 10. Formal structures and social reality\u003cbr\u003e 11. Formal and substantial individualism\u003cbr\u003e 12. Saint-Just's illusion\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Ethics: 13. The point of view of the universe\u003cbr\u003e 14. Ethics and the fabric of the world\u003cbr\u003e 15. What does intuitionism imply\u003cbr\u003e 16. Professional morality and its dispositions\u003cbr\u003e 17. Who needs ethical knowledge?\u003cbr\u003e 18. What slopes are slippery? 19. Resenting one's own existence\u003cbr\u003e 20. Must a concern for the environment be centred on human beings? 21. Moral luck: a postscript.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Ethics \u0026amp; moral philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ethics \u0026amp; moral philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ethics%20\u0026amp;%20moral%20philosophy%20%5BHPQ%5D%22\"\u003eHPQ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45999527690520,"sku":"9780521478687","price":24.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521478687i_a3eb78d4-7c40-41d2-b464-b1afdcfc959e.jpg?v=1691382888","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/making-sense-of-humanity-and-other-philosophical-papers-1982-1993-paperback-9780521478687","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}