William James on Ethics and Faith

ISBN-13: 9780521760164 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 258 str.

Michael R. Slater

Opis

A new interpretation of James's ethical and religious thought focusing on the prominent role these views played in his philosophy.

Recenzje

"...helpful in explaining of the current terms of analytic moral philosophy, and he places James’s “The Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life” within analytic moral philosophy...."
-Ellen Kappy Suckiel, University of California, Santa Cruz, American Journal of Theology and Philosophy

Spis treści

Introduction: a practical faith; Part I. Practical Faith and the Will to Believe: 1. The will and the right to believe; 2. James's Wager and the right to believe; Part II. Two Moral Arguments for Religious Faith: 3. James's religious ethics in 'The Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life'; 4. Overcoming pessimism in 'Is Life Worth Living'?; Part III. Piecemeal Supernaturalism and Practical Needs: 5. Religion and morality in the varieties of religious experience; 6. A pragmatic account of religion; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.