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William James on ethics and faith /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	William James on ethics and faith // Michael R. Slater.
remainder title:	William James on Ethics & Faith
Author:	Slater, Michael R.,
Description:	1 online resource (x, 247 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Religion and ethics. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511635298
ISBN:	9780511635298 (ebook)

William James on ethics and faith /
Slater, Michael R.,1976-

William James on ethics and faith /William James on Ethics & FaithMichael R. Slater. - 1 online resource (x, 247 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Introduction : a practical faith -- Pt. I. Practical faith and the will to believe. The will and the right to believe ; James's Wager and the right to believe -- Pt. II. Two moral arguments for religious faith. James's religious ethics in "The moral philosopher and the moral life" ; Overcoming pessimism in "Is life worth living?" -- Pt. III. Piecemeal supernaturalism and practical needs. Religion and morality in The varieties of religious experience ; A pragmatic account of religion.

This book offers a new interpretation of William James's ethical and religious thought. Michael Slater shows that James's conception of morality, or what it means to lead a moral and flourishing life, is intimately tied to his conception of religious faith, and argues that James's views on these matters are worthy of our consideration. He offers a reassessment of James's 'will to believe' or 'right to believe' doctrine, his moral theory, and his neglected moral arguments for religious faith. And he argues that James's pragmatic account of religion is based on an ethical view of the function of religion and a realist view of the objects of religious belief and experience, and is compatible with his larger conception of pragmatism. The book will appeal to readers interested in the history of modern philosophy, especially pragmatism, as well as those interested in moral philosophy, religion, and the history of ideas.

ISBN: 9780511635298 (ebook)Subjects--Personal Names:

578021
James, William,
1842-1910.Subjects--Topical Terms:

559870
Religion and ethics.

LC Class. No.: B945.J24 / S58 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 191

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