In the beginning was the deed : realism and moralism in political argument / Bernard Williams ; selected, edited, and with an introduction by Geoffrey Hawthorn.

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Williams, Bernard, 1929-2003

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Hawthorn, Geoffrey

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TextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (xx, 174 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781400826735
140082673X

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Realism and moralism in political argument

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: In the beginning was the deed.DDC classification:

320.01 22

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JA71 .W55 2008eb

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Contents:

Preface; Introduction; 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.

Summary: 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 contributions to issues of public concern--all complemented by his many works on ethics, which have important implications for political theory.

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Originally published: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Bernard Williams: writings of political interest": pages 165-170.

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 contributions to issues of public concern--all complemented by his many works on ethics, which have important implications for political theory.

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