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| Sir '''Bernard Arthur Owen Williams''' [[British Academy|FBA]] ([[September 21]], [[1929]] – [[June 10]], [[2003]]) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[moral philosopher]]. He is known for [[Jim and the Indians]] (from ''[[Utilitarianism: For and Against]]'' with [[J.J.C. Smart]] (1973)). | Sir '''Bernard Arthur Owen Williams''' [[British Academy|FBA]] ([[September 21]], [[1929]] – [[June 10]], [[2003]]) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[moral philosopher]]. He is known for [[Jim and the Indians]] (from ''[[Utilitarianism: For and Against]]'' with [[J.J.C. Smart]] (1973)). | ||
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| - | [[Mary Warnock]] described Williams's report on pornography in 1979, as chair of the Committee on Obscenity and Film Censorship, as "agreeable, actually compulsive to read." ("[[The Williams Report on Obscenity and Film Censorship]]", ''The Political Quarterly'', 51(3), July 1980 (341–344), 341.) It relied on a "harm condition" that "no conduct should be suppressed by law unless it can be shown to harm someone," and concluded that so long as children were protected from pornography, adults should be free to read and watch it as they see fit. (''[[Obscenity and Film Censorship: An Abridgement of the Williams Report]]'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015 [1981], 69.) The report rejected the view that pornography tends to cause sexual offences. Two cases in particular were highlighted, the [[Moors Murders]] and the [[Cambridge Rapist]], where the influence of pornography had been discussed during the trials. The report argued that both cases appeared to be "more consistent with pre-existing traits being reflected both in a choice of reading matter and in the acts committed against others." | ||
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| *''[[Truth and Truthfulness]]'' (2002). | *''[[Truth and Truthfulness]]'' (2002). | ||
| *[[Committee on Obscenity and Film Censorship]] | *[[Committee on Obscenity and Film Censorship]] | ||
| + | *"[[The Williams Report on Obscenity and Film Censorship]]" | ||
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Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams FBA (September 21, 1929 – June 10, 2003) was a British moral philosopher. He is known for Jim and the Indians (from Utilitarianism: For and Against with J.J.C. Smart (1973)).
See
- Truth and Truthfulness (2002).
- Committee on Obscenity and Film Censorship
- "The Williams Report on Obscenity and Film Censorship"
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