Moral luck : philosophical papers, 1973-1980 /

Williams, Bernard, 1929-2003.

Moral luck : philosophical papers, 1973-1980 / Bernard Williams. - Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1981. - xiii, 173 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Preface -- Persons, character, and morality -- Moral luck -- Utilitarianism and moral self-indulgence -- Politics and moral character-- Conflicts of values -- Justice as a virtue -- Rawls and Pascal's wager -- Internal and external reasons -- Ought and moral obligation -- Practical necessity -- The truth in relativism -- Wittgenstein and idealism -- Another time, another place, another person.

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