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The ethics of energy : William James's moral philosophy in focus /
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 th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Frankfurt :
Ontos Verlag,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Process thought ;
v. 19. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Notas: | Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 25, 2013). |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (237 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-233) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110327830 311032783X 3868380116 9783868380118 9783110327458 3110327457 |