Bernard Williams AKA Bernard Arthur Owen Williams Born: 21-Sep-1929 Birthplace: Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England Died: 10-Jun-2003 Location of death: Rome, Italy Cause of death: Multiple myeloma
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Philosopher Nationality: England Executive summary: Leading moral philosopher Military service: RAF Wife: Shirley Brittain-Catlin (Labour MP, m. 1955, div. 1974, one daughter) Daughter: Rebecca Mistress: Patricia Law Skinner (extramarital affair) Wife: Patricia (until his death, two sons) Son: Jacob Son: Jonathan
High School: Chigwell School, Chigwell, Essex University: Balliol College, Oxford University (1951) Professor: University College London (1959-64) Professor: Bedford College, University of London Professor: Philosophy, Cambridge University (1967-79) Administrator: Provost, King's College London (1979-87) Professor: University of California at Berkeley (1988-) Professor: Moral Philosophy, Oxford University
American Academy of Arts and Sciences British Academy English National Opera Board of Directors
Knighthood 1999
Author of books:
Morality: An Introduction to Ethics (1972) Problems of the Self (1973) Utilitarianism: For and Against (1973, with J. J. C. Smart) Descartes: The Project of Pure Inquiry (1978) Moral Luck: Philosophical Papers, 1973-1980 (1981) Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy (1985) Shame and Necessity (1993) Making Sense of Humanity (1995) Truth and Truthfulness: An Essay in Genealogy (2002) In the Beginning Was the Deed: Realism and Moralism in Political Argument (2005) Philosophy as a Humanistic Discipline (2006) The Sense of The Past: Essays in the Philosophy Of History (2006) On Opera (2006)
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