Bernard Williams

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British philosopher human moral philosopher philosopher

Bernard Williams was a prominent 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his critiques of utilitarianism and moral theory, his emphasis on the complexity of ethical life, and his influential work on integrity, moral luck, and the history of philosophy.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British philosopher ⓘ human ⓘ moral philosopher ⓘ philosopher ⓘ
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts ⓘ
awardReceived	Knight Bachelor ⓘ
causeOfDeath	multiple myeloma ⓘ
child	Rebecca Williams ⓘ
coAuthor	J. J. C. Smart ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1929-09-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2003-06-10 ⓘ
educatedAt	Balliol College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ Chigwell School ⓘ
employer	Bedford College ⓘ surface form: Bedford College, London Birkbeck, University of London ⓘ King's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ University College London ⓘ University of California, Berkeley ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge
familyName	Williams ⓘ
fieldOfWork	ancient philosophy ⓘ ethics ⓘ history of philosophy ⓘ metaethics ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ philosophy of action ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ
givenName	Bernard ⓘ
honorificTitle	Sir ⓘ
influenced	Derek Parfit ⓘ Jonathan Lear ⓘ Martha Nussbaum ⓘ Raymond Geuss ⓘ Thomas Nagel ⓘ contemporary virtue ethics ⓘ
influencedBy	Aristotle ⓘ David Hume ⓘ Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ
knownFor	concept of integrity in ethics ⓘ critique of systematic moral theory ⓘ critique of utilitarianism ⓘ work on moral luck ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ British Academy ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
notableWork	Descartes: The Project of Pure Enquiry ⓘ Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy ⓘ Moral Luck ⓘ Problems of the Self ⓘ Shame and Necessity ⓘ Truth and Truthfulness ⓘ Utilitarianism: For and Against ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	analytic philosophy ⓘ moral particularism ⓘ virtue ethics ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Essex ⓘ Westcliff-on-Sea ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Rome ⓘ
positionHeld	Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cambridge ⓘ surface form: Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy ⓘ Professor of Philosophy at UC Berkeley ⓘ Provost of King's College, Cambridge ⓘ
servedIn	Royal Air Force ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Patricia Law Skinner ⓘ Shirley Williams ⓘ

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Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cambridge → notableHolder → Bernard Williams ⓘ

Shirley Williams → spouse → Bernard Williams ⓘ

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Erasmus Prize → notableLaureate → Bernard Williams ⓘ

Geoffrey Warnock → notableStudent → Bernard Williams ⓘ

Geoffrey Warnock → influenced → Bernard Williams ⓘ

Bernard Williams → name → Bernard Williams ⓘ

Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams → spouse → Bernard Williams ⓘ

Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy → holder → Bernard Williams ⓘ

Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy → author → Bernard Williams ⓘ

Moral Luck → author → Bernard Williams ⓘ

Problems of the Self → author → Bernard Williams ⓘ

Problems of the Self → editor → Bernard Williams ⓘ

Shame and Necessity → author → Bernard Williams ⓘ

Truth and Truthfulness → author → Bernard Williams ⓘ

Descartes: The Project of Pure Enquiry → author → Bernard Williams ⓘ

Utilitarianism: For and Against → author → Bernard Williams ⓘ

J. J. C. Smart → coAuthor → Bernard Williams ⓘ

Patricia Law Skinner → spouse → Bernard Williams ⓘ

Raymond Geuss → influencedBy → Bernard Williams ⓘ

Rebecca Williams → father → Bernard Williams ⓘ

Rebecca Williams → name → Bernard Williams ⓘ

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