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	Second World War →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1929-09-21 →
dateOfDeath	2003-06-10 →
educatedAt	Balliol College, Oxford → Chigwell School →
employer	Bedford College, London → Birkbeck, University of London → King's College, Cambridge → University College London → University of California, Berkeley → 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 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 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Williams →	hasNotableBearer
Isaiah Berlin →	influenced
Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cambridge →	notableHolder
Shirley Williams →	spouse