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1、ETHICSANDTHELIMITSOFPHILOSOPHY‘BernardWilliams’sbookisbetterreadnotasanintroductiontoethics,butasanattempttotakestockofthepresentstateofthesubject.Assuch,itisasplendidpieceofwork.’RichardNorman,TimesHigherEducationSupplement‘Thisisasuperiorbook,glitteringwithintelligen

2、ceandstyle.’ThomasNagel,JournalofPhilosophy‘Williams’sdiscussionsaremuchtobevalued:hisexplicitnessandargumentativeingenuityfocustheissuesmoresharply,andatgreaterdepth,thananycomparableworkIknow...Oneofthemostinterestingcontributionsofrecentyears,notonlytoethicsbuttophi

3、losophy’.JohnMcDowell,Mind‘Whohasnotasked–ifonlywhendepressed–“HowshouldIlive,andhowcanIfindout?”Toreadthisbookistobetakenthroughoneofthemostsophisticateddiscussionsavailableofsuchquestionsbyanengaging,sceptical,oftenwrylywittyandextraordinarysubtleprofessional.’Ronaldd

4、eSousa,NewYorkTimesBookReview‘Remarkablylivelyandenjoyable...Itisaveryrichbook,con-tainingexcellentdescriptionsofavarietyofmoraltheories,andinnumerableandoftenwittyobservationsontopicsencounteredontheway.’PhilippaFoot,TimesLiterarySupplementBythetimeofhisdeathin2003,Be

5、rnardWilliamswasacknow-ledgedtobeoneofthegreatestphilosophersofhisgeneration.Hisworkwasmarkedbyanunusualcombinationofrigour,imaginationanddepth,andbyitshumanity.HisbooksincludeMorality,Utilitarianism:ForandAgainst,Descartes:TheProjectofPureEnquiry,ShameandNecessityandT

6、ruthandTruthfulness.BernardWilliamsEthicsandtheLimitsofPhilosophyWithacommentaryonthetextbyA.W.MooreFirstpublishedbyFontanaPress1985Thiseditionfirstpublished2006byRoutledge2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,OX144RNThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2006.“Topu

7、rchaseyourowncopyofthisoranyofTaylor&FrancisorRoutledge’scollectionofthousandsofeBookspleasegotowww.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.”RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusiness©BernardWilliams1985,1993BernardWilliamsassertsthemoralrighttobeidentifiedastheautho

8、rofthiswork‘CommentaryontheText’©A.W.Moore2006,reprintedwithpermissionfromAcumenPressAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbo