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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819678103321

Autore

Rosenbaum Stuart E

Titolo

Pragmatism and the reflective life / / Stuart Rosenbaum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2009

ISBN

1-282-49396-5

9786612493966

0-7391-3239-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Disciplina

171/.2

Soggetti

Ethics

Pragmatism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Pragmatism -- From moral theory to the reflective life -- The reflective life -- Ideals -- Deliberation -- Education -- Ecumenism.

Sommario/riassunto

Pragmatism and the Reflective Life explains the moral perspective embedded in the American pragmatist tradition and offers pragmatist moral thought as an alternative to analytic moral theory. Following the lead of John Dewey, Rosenbaum explores what it means to make the ideal of the reflective life implicit in pragmatism central to an understanding of morality. The discussion illuminates how this ideal of the reflective life captures the value of both individual autonomy and communal ideals and encourages commitment to a radically idealistic and ecumenical hope in the power of inclusive democracy and global egalitarianism.