Greg Detre
Tuesday, 16 May, 2000
for Tasioulas Mill III
Williams � Ethics and the limits of philosophy
Chapter 5 -
Styles of ethical theory
Chapter 6 �
Theory and prejudice
kinds of critiques of ethical theory
ethical theory
ethics vs metaethics
aim is a different outlook, sceptical about philosophy
contractual vs utilitarian
constituency
utilitarianism = welfarist consequentialism
limit to the �strains of commitment� � Rawls� rich contractual theory
Hare treats the agent�s relation to others� desires (�benevolence�) in terms of imaginative identification