Moral Luck

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Moral Luck is a 1981 collection of influential essays by philosopher Bernard Williams that challenges traditional views on moral responsibility by examining how factors beyond our control shape ethical judgment.

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Moral Luck (essay) 1
Moral Luck: A Postscript 1

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instanceOf book
essay collection
academicDiscipline moral philosophy
political philosophy
addresses problem of moral luck
relationship between character and circumstance
tension between control condition and moral judgment
author Bernard Williams
centralClaim factors beyond an agent’s control can affect moral assessment
traditional views of moral responsibility underestimate the role of luck
countryOfPublication United Kingdom
genre ethics
philosophy
hasForm hardcover edition
paperback edition
print
hasPart Internal and External Reasons
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surface form: Moral Luck (essay)

Moral Luck self-linksurface differs
surface form: Moral Luck: A Postscript

Varieties of Moral Personality
surface form: Persons, Character and Morality

Politics and Moral Character
The Makropulos Affair
surface form: The Makropulos Case: Reflections on the Tedium of Immortality

Utilitarianism and Moral Self-Indulgence
hasReception widely discussed in late 20th-century moral philosophy
influenced contemporary ethics
debates on free will and responsibility
theory of reasons for action
influencedBy Aristotle
David Hume
Immanuel Kant
language English
mainTopic ethical judgment
moral luck
moral responsibility
notableConcept external reasons
integrity in ethics
internal reasons
philosophicalTradition analytic philosophy
publicationYear 1981
publisher Cambridge University Press
targetAudience advanced students of philosophy
philosophers
title Moral Luck self-link
usedIn university philosophy curricula

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Bernard Williams notableWork Moral Luck
Moral Luck hasPart Moral Luck self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Moral Luck (essay)
Moral Luck hasPart Moral Luck self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Moral Luck: A Postscript
Moral Luck title Moral Luck self-link
book "Mortal Questions" hasEssay Moral Luck
subject surface form: Mortal Questions