Bernard Williams's argument from integrity holds that moral frameworks requiring agents to treat personal commitments as subject to impartial scrutiny alienate persons from their own ground projects.

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Bernard Williams(as a defender of Humean philosophy): A late 20th-century British philosopher who wrote influential works on ethics, questioning whether morality can be truly objective and exploring the role of personal projects and desires in a good life.
Ground projects(as what Williams says people get separated from by Aquinas's approach): The deeply personal goals, relationships, or commitments that give someone's life meaning and direction—the things that matter most to them individually. These are the foundation of who they are.
Moral frameworks(as used in ethics): A system or set of principles that helps us decide what is right and wrong.
alienate(describing how impartial moral demands affect a person's connection to their own life): To make someone feel separated or disconnected from something that matters to them.
impartial scrutiny(what certain moral systems require): Judging something fairly by applying the same standards to everyone, without favoring any particular person—the opposite of showing special treatment to people you care about.
integrity (in ethics)(central to Williams's critique of certain moral frameworks): The idea that a person's individual values and commitments are important to who they are and shouldn't be overridden by general moral rules.

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