Sarin Marchetti 
Ethics and Philosophical Critique in William James 

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 Content

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

About the author

Sarin Marchetti is Assistant Professor at Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy. He has written on ethics, metaphilosophy, pragmatism, and the history of analytic philosophy.