Description
Marchetti offers a revisionist account of James's contribution to moral thought in the light of his pragmatic conception of philosophical activity. He sketches a composite picture of a Jamesian approach to ethics revolving around the key notion and practice of a therapeutic critique of one's ordinary moral convictions and style of moral reasoning.
Table of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction William James, the Moral Philosopher
1. Pragmatism, Therapy, and the Moral Life
2. Questioning Moral Theory and the Shape of Ethics
3. The Life of the Mind and the Practices of the Self
4. Truth, Experience, and the World Re-Enchanted
5. Ethical Conduct and Political Activity
Conclusion The Seeds of a Revolution in Moral Philosophy
Notes
Bibliography
Index
