William James and the Moral Life: Responsible Self-Fashioning, 1st Edition

.This book offers a compelling new interpretation of James’ moral philosophy: an “ethics of responsible self-fashioning.” James’ performative writing style articulates this conception by showing how moral inquiry serves both social and personal transformation. James the social moral philosopher seeks to create an inclusive moral order through expansion of sympathetic concern among those committed to different ideals. James the existential moral philosopher defends the right to adopt hope-grounding metaphysical beliefs which encourage strenuous moral action in the face of evil and suffering. The power of James’ ethics is demonstrated by its application to current discussions about the status of marginalized nonhuman animals and that of the cognitively disabled. William James and the Moral Life is of interest to a wide variety of ethicists and has special appeal to scholars and advanced students in moral philosophy, social philosophy, pragmatism, and American philosophy.William James and the Moral Life: Responsible Self-Fashioning 1st Edition is written by Todd Lekan and published by Routledge. ISBNs for William James and the Moral Life are 9781000567854, 1000567850 and the print ISBNs are 9781032221649, 103222164X. Additional ISBNs include 9781032226460, 9781003273523, 9781000567830.