The Ethics of Energy: William James's Moral Philosophy in Focus

by Sergio Franzese

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110327457
• ISBN13: 9783110327458
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary