Bernard Williams

The English philosopher Bernard Williams studied at Oxford and taught at leading universities in Britain and the USA. He served as a professor at All Souls College, Oxford, and as a professor of German philosophy at the University of California. Combining a deep humanistic education with trends in analytical philosophy, he critiqued the moral theories of Kant and utilitarianism for overlooking the complexity of human psychology and social life. He has published the works: - Problems of the Self, - Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy, - Shame and Necessity, - Making Sense of Humanity.