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Philosophy as a Humanistic Discipline
Bernard Williams
Selected, edited, and with an introduction
by A. W. Moore
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
PRINCETON AND OXFORD
Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University Press
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Third printing, and first paperback printing, 2008
Paperback ISBN: 978-0-691-13409-3
The Library of Congress has cataloged the cloth edition of this book as follows
Williams, Bernard Arthur Owen.
Philosophy as a humanistic discipline / Bernard Williams ; selected,
edited, and with an introduction by . Moore.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-12426-1 (alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-691-12426-4 (alk. paper)
1. Philosophy. I. Moore, ., 1956– II. Title.
2006
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Contents
Preface vii
Patricia Williams
Introduction xi
A. W. Moore
PART ONE: Metaphysics and Epistemology
ONE
Tertullian’s Paradox (1955) 3
TWO
Metaphysical Arguments (1957) 22
THREE
Pleasure and Belief (1959) 34
FOUR
Knowledge and Reasons (1972) 47
FIVE
Identity and Identities (1995) 57
PART TWO: Ethics
SIX
The Primacy of Dispositions (1987) 67
SEVEN
The Structure of Hare’s Theory (1988) 76
EIGHT
Subjectivism and Toleration (1992) 86
NINE
The Actus Reus of Dr. Caligari (1994) 97
TEN
Values, Reasons, and the Theory of Persuasion (1996) 109
vi • Contents
ELEVEN
Moral Responsibility and Political Freedom (1997) 119
TWELVE
Tolerating the Intolerable (1999) 126
THIRTEEN
The Human Prejudice (unpublished) 135
PART THREE: The Scope and L