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

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

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

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