William James, Moral Philosophy, and the Ethical Life

The Cries of the Wounded

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Cover of the book William James, Moral Philosophy, and the Ethical Life by Guy Axtell, Gregory Eiselein, Jacob L. Goodson, Amy Kittelstrom, D. Micah Hester, Joseph D. John, Roger Ward, John R. Shook, Neal A. Tognazzini, Scott F. Aikin, Robert B. Talisse, Scott R. Stroud, Jaishikha Nautiyal, Anthony Karlin, Ermine L. Algaier IV, G. Scott Davis, Eric Silverman, Lee Yearley, Frederick J. Ruf, Sami Pihlström, Seth Vannatta, Gary S. Slater, Pamela Crosby, David O’Hara, Lexington Books
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Author: Guy Axtell, Gregory Eiselein, Jacob L. Goodson, Amy Kittelstrom, D. Micah Hester, Joseph D. John, Roger Ward, John R. Shook, Neal A. Tognazzini, Scott F. Aikin, Robert B. Talisse, Scott R. Stroud, Jaishikha Nautiyal, Anthony Karlin, Ermine L. Algaier IV, G. Scott Davis, Eric Silverman, Lee Yearley, Frederick J. Ruf, Sami Pihlström, Seth Vannatta, Gary S. Slater, Pamela Crosby, David O’Hara ISBN: 9780739190142
Publisher: Lexington Books Publication: December 20, 2017
Imprint: Lexington Books Language: English
Author: Guy Axtell, Gregory Eiselein, Jacob L. Goodson, Amy Kittelstrom, D. Micah Hester, Joseph D. John, Roger Ward, John R. Shook, Neal A. Tognazzini, Scott F. Aikin, Robert B. Talisse, Scott R. Stroud, Jaishikha Nautiyal, Anthony Karlin, Ermine L. Algaier IV, G. Scott Davis, Eric Silverman, Lee Yearley, Frederick J. Ruf, Sami Pihlström, Seth Vannatta, Gary S. Slater, Pamela Crosby, David O’Hara
ISBN: 9780739190142
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication: December 20, 2017
Imprint: Lexington Books
Language: English

Virtue theory, natural law, deontology, utilitarianism, existentialism: these are the basic moral theories taught in “Ethics,” “History of Philosophy,” and “Introduction to Philosophy” courses throughout the United States. When the American philosopher William James (1842 – 1910) find his way into these conversations, there is uncertainty about where his thinking fits. While utilitarianism has become the default position for teaching James’s pragmatism and radical empiricism, this default position fails to address and explain James’s multiple criticisms of John Stuart Mill’s formulaic approach to questions concerning the moral life. Through close readings of James’s writings, the chapters in William James, Moral Philosophy, and the Ethical Life catalogue the ways in whichJames wants to avoid the following: (a) the hierarchies of Christian natural law theory, (b) the moral calculus of Mill’s utilitarianism, (c) the absolutism and principle-ism of Immanuel Kant’s deontology, and (d) the staticity of the virtues found in Aristotle’s moral theory. Elaborating upon and clarifying James’s differences from these dominant moral theories is a crucial feature of this collection. This collection, is not, however, intended to be wholly negative – that is, only describing to readers what James’s moral theory is not. It seeks to articulate the positive features of James’s ethics and moral reasoning: what does it mean to an ethical life, and how should we theorize about morality?

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Virtue theory, natural law, deontology, utilitarianism, existentialism: these are the basic moral theories taught in “Ethics,” “History of Philosophy,” and “Introduction to Philosophy” courses throughout the United States. When the American philosopher William James (1842 – 1910) find his way into these conversations, there is uncertainty about where his thinking fits. While utilitarianism has become the default position for teaching James’s pragmatism and radical empiricism, this default position fails to address and explain James’s multiple criticisms of John Stuart Mill’s formulaic approach to questions concerning the moral life. Through close readings of James’s writings, the chapters in William James, Moral Philosophy, and the Ethical Life catalogue the ways in whichJames wants to avoid the following: (a) the hierarchies of Christian natural law theory, (b) the moral calculus of Mill’s utilitarianism, (c) the absolutism and principle-ism of Immanuel Kant’s deontology, and (d) the staticity of the virtues found in Aristotle’s moral theory. Elaborating upon and clarifying James’s differences from these dominant moral theories is a crucial feature of this collection. This collection, is not, however, intended to be wholly negative – that is, only describing to readers what James’s moral theory is not. It seeks to articulate the positive features of James’s ethics and moral reasoning: what does it mean to an ethical life, and how should we theorize about morality?

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