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William James and the Quest for an Ethical Republic Trygve Throntveit

William James and the Quest for an Ethical Republic By Trygve Throntveit

William James and the Quest for an Ethical Republic by Trygve Throntveit


Summary

Pragmatist philosopher William James has long been deemed a dubious guide to ethical reasoning. This book overturns such thinking, demonstrating the coherence of James's efforts to develop a flexible but rigorous framework for individuals and societies seeking freedom, meaning, and justice in a world of interdependence, uncertainty, and change.

William James and the Quest for an Ethical Republic Summary

William James and the Quest for an Ethical Republic by Trygve Throntveit

Pragmatist philosopher William James has long been deemed a dubious guide to ethical reasoning. This book overturns such thinking, demonstrating the coherence of James's efforts to develop a flexible but rigorous framework for individuals and societies seeking freedom, meaning, and justice in a world of interdependence, uncertainty, and change.

William James and the Quest for an Ethical Republic Reviews

Enriched by a wealth of bibliographical documentation - the author has a solid grip on James's unpublished materials and manuscripts, which he puts in productive dialogue with most well known pages of his work -, the book will be both a superb introduction to James's practical philosophy for newcomers as well as an indispensable guide for more seasoned readers of his oeuvre. (Sarin Marchetti, European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy, Vol. 7 (2), 2015)

About Trygve Throntveit

Trygve V.R. Throntveit is a Non-Resident Fellow of U.S. Foreign Policy and International Security in the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College, USA.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The Ethical Origins of James's Pragmatism 2. Religion and the Refinement of James's Pragmatism 3. The Ethical Republic 4. Citizen James 5. Legacies and Prospects

Additional information

NPB9780230117822
9780230117822
0230117821
William James and the Quest for an Ethical Republic by Trygve Throntveit
New
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
2014-12-17
232
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