Ideas from 'Shame and Necessity' by Bernard Williams [1993], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Shame and Necessity' by Williams,Bernard [California 1994,0-520-08830-1]].

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16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will

2181	It is an absurd Kantian idea that at the limit rationality and freedom coincide

2176	There is only a problem of free will if you think the notion of 'voluntary' can be metaphysically deepened

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / d. Weakness of will

4317	We judge weakness of will by an assessment after the event is concluded [Cottingham]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 4. Responsibility for Actions

2174	Responsibility involves cause, intention, state of mind, and response after the event

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / g. Moral responsibility

2178	In bad actions, guilt points towards victims, and shame to the agent

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue

2169	Greek moral progress came when 'virtue' was freed from social status

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty

2172	The modern idea of duty is unknown in archaic Greece

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 6. Motivation for Duty

2180	If reason cannot lead people to good, we must hope they have an internal voice

2179	If the moral self is seen as characterless, then other people have a very limited role in our moral lives

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / a. Problem of Evil

2175	There is a problem of evil only if you expect the world to be good