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In the beginning was the deed : realism and moralism in political argument
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In the beginning was the deed : realism and moralism in political argument

Author: Bernard Williams; Geoffrey Hawthorn
Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2005.
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Bernard Williams is remembered as one of the most brilliant and original philosophers. This collection of essays addresses many of the core subjects of political philosophy: justice, liberty, and  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Bernard Williams; Geoffrey Hawthorn
ISBN: 9780691124308 0691124302
OCLC Number: 474758124
Description: xx, 174 s...
Contents: Preface by Patricia Williams vii Introduction by Geoffrey Hawthorn xi CHAPTER ONE: Realism and Moralism in Political Theory 1 CHAPTER TWO: In the Beginning Was the Deed 18 CHAPTER THREE: Pluralism, Community and Left Wittgensteinianism 29 CHAPTER FOUR: Modernity and the Substance of Ethical Life 40 CHAPTER FIVE: The Liberalism of Fear 52 CHAPTER SIX: Human Rights and Relativism 62 CHAPTER SEVEN: From Freedom to Liberty: The Construction of a Political Value 75 CHAPTER EIGHT: The Idea of Equality 97 CHAPTER NINE: Con .icts of Liberty and Equality 115 CHAPTER TEN: Toleration, a Political or Moral Question? 128 CHAPTER ELEVEN: Censorship 139 CHAPTER TWELVE: Humanitarianism and the Right to Intervene 145 CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Truth, Politics, and Self-Deception 154 Bernard Williams:Writings of Political Interest 165 Index 171
Responsibility: Bernard Williams ; selected, edited, and with an introduction by Geoffrey Hawthorn.

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