Shame and Necessity

Zusatztext "Clearly written, well argued, and carefully documented." Informationen zum Autor Bernard Williams (1929-2003) was one of the most distinguished British philosophers of the twentieth century, White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford University, and Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. Klappentext We tend to suppose that the ancient Greeks had primitive ideas of the self, of responsibility, freedom, and shame, and that now humanity has advanced from these to a more refined moral consciousness. Bernard Williams's original and radical book questions this picture of Western history. Zusammenfassung Claims that while we are in many ways different from the Greeks the differences are not to be traced to a shift in basic conceptions of ethical life. This book argues that we are more like the ancients than we are prepared to acknowledge, and only when this is understood can we grasp our differences from them, such as our rejection of slavery. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Foreword to the 2008 Edition I. The Liberation of Antiquity II. Centres of Agency III. Recognising Responsibility IV. Shame and Autonomy V. Necessary Identities VI. Possibility, Freedom, and Power Notes Endnote I: Mechanisms of Shame and Guilt Endnote 2: Phaedra's Distinction: Euripides Hippolytus 380-87 Bibliography General Index Index Locorum

Product details

• Authors: B Williams, Bernard Williams
• Assisted by: A. A. Long (Foreword)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2008
• EAN: 9780520256439
• ISBN: 978-0-520-25643-9
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 227 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Sather Classical Lectures; Sather Classical Lectures; Sather Classical Lectures (CAUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy