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Philosophy 5191/6190 
Bernard Williams
Weekly Assignments
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Aug. 30: "A Critique of Utilitarianism," p. 105, paragraph starting "Suppose that there is
in a certain society..." (Grad students: Include the following paragraph ["A utilitarian might find..."]
in the argument.)
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Sept. 6: Moral Luck, p. 7 (from line 4, "many moral notions show...") to
p. 8, end of 2nd para. ("...if the Complex View is really to have its effect").
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Sept. 13: Moral Luck, pp. 77 (last para., "Among these, (1) raises...") to p. 79 (top, "...involved in the conflict").
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Sept. 20: Moral Luck, bottom para. on p. 34 thru second para. on p. 35.
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Sept. 27: Problems of the Self, p. 197, from line 2 ("This makes the notion...")
to the end of the page.
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Oct. 4: "The Self and the Future" (in Problems of the Self);
reconstruct the main argument of the paper (keeping it to the
bare bones).
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Oct. 11: Making Sense of Humanity, p. 227,
first full para. ("In general, if a person...").
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Oct. 18: Problems of the Self, p. 148,
last full para. ("Belief cannot be like that...").
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Oct. 25: Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy, para.
bridging pp. 123-24 ("More recent work..."), plus
para. bridging 125-26 ("This brings out...").
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Nov. 1: Either Shame and Necessity,
p. 45 (please keep the sexual example out of your reconstruction),
or Descartes: The Project of Pure Enquiry, para.
bridging pp. 64-65 ("Knowledge is of..."; on Friday's handout).
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Nov. 8: Morality, pp. 20 thru the first para. on
21.
(Since pagination differs between editions: if you don't
have the Canto edition, it's the first two paragraphs
of "Interlude: Relativism".)
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Nov. 15: Moral Luck, either p. 128 (from second full para.,
"But this precisely...") to 129 (end of first para., "...thinking of it"),
or p. 130, last para (to the end of the page).
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Nov. 22: MSH p 140 (last full para, "It is a familiar idea...") to 141 (end 1st para.,
"...even as alien values").
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Nov. 29: Truth and Truthfulness, para. bridging pp. 29-30.
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Dec. 6: ELP 180 ("It is a mistake...") to 182 (end 1st para., "...dominate life altogether").
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