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Bernard Williams
English philosopher of ethics and historian of philosophy Bernard Williams.
Bernard Williams’s critique of utilitarianism is primarily contained in his essay titled "A Critique of Utilitarianism," which was published in the 1973 book Utilitarianism: For and Against.1
His arguments regarding the limits of objective, impartial moral standards—and how they may undermine personal integrity—are also developed in his other significant works, including Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy (1985), as well as in essays found in Moral Luck (1981) and Making Sense of Humanity (1995).1