Overview
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.
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Author: Sarin Marchetti
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Edition: 1st ed. 2015
Weight: 3.843kg
ISBN: 9781349560028
ISBN 10: 1349560022
Pages: 291
Publication Date: 18 January 2018
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Marchetti's book is an intriguing representative of what can be regarded as a new wave of studies on James's moral thought. I do find the book a valuable contribution to our understanding of James. valuable reading not only for James scholars but for anyone with an interest in ethics . (Sami Pihlstrom, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, ndpr.nd.edu, December, 2015)'Sarin Marchetti has written a fresh and strikingly original interpretation of William James's moral philosophy. He focuses on James's distinctive approach to ethics and also illuminates the full range of James's pragmatism. Marchetti shows how the goal of philosophical reflection in James should be a personal transformation in the way we understand and conduct ourselves. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in William James and contemporary moral philosophy.' Richard J. Bernstein New School for Social Research, USA 'By reading James's pragmatism as a method, rather than a 'theory' of truth, Marchetti offers a radically new interpretation of James's pragmatist take on truth and reveals its profound links both to James's 'hortatory ethics' and his metaphilosophical concerns. This compelling and original book is bound to transform our understanding of James's work for years to come.' Francesca Bordogna University of Notre Dame, USA 'Marchetti gives us a new William James, whose moral philosophy is no mere appendage to The Principles of Psychology and Pragmatism, but at the heart of their concerns. Building on the work of Wittgenstein and Cora Diamond, and finding his inspiration in James's explicitly moral writings, Marchetti convincingly argues that James is always practicing a 'therapeutic', 'transformative', and 'hortatory' philosophy.' Russell B. Goodman University of New Mexico, USA
Marchetti's book not only reminds us of pragmatism's broader issue, but also widens pragmatism itself in putting James into pluralistic conversation with other therapeutic and transformative tendencies of recent moral philosophy. (Colin Koopman, Philosophical Quarterly, Issue 264, July, 2016) Marchetti's book is an intriguing representative of what can be regarded as a new wave of studies on James's moral thought. ... I do find the book a valuable contribution to our understanding of James. ... valuable reading not only for James scholars but for anyone with an interest in ethics ... . (Sami Pihlstrom, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, ndpr.nd.edu, December, 2015)
Author Information
Sarin Marchetti is Assistant Professor at Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy. He has written on ethics, metaphilosophy, pragmatism, and the history of analytic philosophy.
