William James and the moral life: responsible self-fashioning

Introduction: Why William James and ethics? -- Pragmatist moral philosophy and moral life : embracing the tensions -- Ideals and significant lives -- The sources of moral agency -- Existential deliberation -- Moving marginal subjects into focus

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1. Verfasser: Lekan, Todd 1967- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY ; London Routledge 2022
Schriftenreihe:Routledge studies in American philosophy [29]
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: Why William James and ethics? -- Pragmatist moral philosophy and moral life : embracing the tensions -- Ideals and significant lives -- The sources of moral agency -- Existential deliberation -- Moving marginal subjects into focus
"This book offers a compelling new interpretation of James' moral philosophy: an "ethics of responsible self-fashioning." James' performative writing style articulates this conception by showing how moral inquiry serves both social and personal transformation. James the social moral philosopher seeks to create an inclusive moral order through expansion of sympathetic concern among those committed to different ideals. James the existential moral philosopher defends the right to adopt hope-grounding metaphysical beliefs which encourage strenuous moral action in the face of evil and suffering. The power of James' ethics is demonstrated by its application to current discussions about the status of marginalized nonhuman animals and that of the cognitively disabled. William James and the Moral Life is of interest to a wide variety of ethicists and has special appeal to scholars and advanced students in moral philosophy, social philosophy, pragmatism, and American philosophy
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:ix, 146 Seiten
ISBN:9781032221649
103222164X
9781032226460
1032226463

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