The ethics of energy [[electronic resource] ] : William James's moral philosophy in focus / / Sergio Franzese

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910788973303321
• Autore: Franzese Sergio
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Frankfurt, : Ontos, 2008
• ISBN: 3-11-032783-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (245 p.)
• Collana: Process Thought ; ; 19
• Disciplina: 170.92
• Soggetti: Ethics - History - 19th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-233) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Summary -- List of Abbreviations for the Works of William James -- Introduction -- CHAPTER I: William James's Moral Philosophy in Focus -- CHAPTER II: The Anthropological Question -- CHAPTER III: Habits and Ethics -- CHAPTER IV: The Question of Energy -- CHAPTER V: The Ethics of Energy -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter
• Sommario/riassunto: 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

13th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering: Proceedings, Annapolis, Maryland, 12-15 November 2002

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910872432603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Place of publication not identified], : IEEE Computer Society Press, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (410 pages)
• Disciplina: 005
• Soggetti: Computer software - Reliability; Software engineering
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Sommario/riassunto: This proceedings volume from the November 2002 conference in Annapolis, Maryland contains 33 papers on the following topics: testing with formal methods, reliability modeling, failure detection and recovery, assessment of testing, high availability software maintenance, testing technologies, system analysis, practical experience, reliability prediction and analysis, software mutation, and reliability assessment. An abstract accompanies each paper; charts, graphs, diagrams, and screen captures support many of the contributions. There is no subject index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.