| Description |
1 online resource (237 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Process thought ; v. 19
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Process thought ; v. 19.
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| Note |
Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 25, 2013). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-233) and index. |
| Contents |
William James's moral philosophy in focus -- The anthropological question -- Habits and ethics -- The question of energy -- The ethics of energy. |
| Summary |
William James's moral philosophy is neither a remaking of utilitarianism nor it is a theory of values as it is assumed by the majority of his interpreters. Instead James offers an ethical view consistently arising out of valorization of energy of his days, and effecting a counter-tendency to the two great popular scientific currents of the 19th century: the universalizing of Darwinism and the pessimistic ideologies of social entropy. James's ethics moves away from the traditional idealistic or utilitarian grounds and takes place against the background of an up-and-coming philosophical anthropo. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
James, William, 1842-1910.
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James, William, 1842-1910. |
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James, William. |
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Ethics -- History -- 19th century.
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Ethics. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Franzese, Sergio. Ethics of Energy : William James's Moral Philosophy in Focus. Berlin : De Gruyter, ©2008 9783110327458 |
| ISBN |
9783110327830 (electronic book) |
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311032783X (electronic book) |
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3868380116 (hardbound) |
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9783868380118 (hardbound) |
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9783110327458 |
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3110327457 |
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9783868380118 |
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