02676nam 2200589 a 450 991078897330332120230721033904.03-11-032783-X10.1515/9783110327830(CKB)3390000000032958(EBL)1195532(SSID)ssj0000728224(PQKBManifestationID)11427661(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000728224(PQKBWorkID)10688774(PQKB)10431891(MiAaPQ)EBC1195532(DE-B1597)211710(OCoLC)1013957463(OCoLC)853259262(DE-B1597)9783110327830(Au-PeEL)EBL1195532(CaPaEBR)ebr10728696(OCoLC)851970845(EXLCZ)99339000000003295820090317d2008 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrThe ethics of energy[electronic resource] William James's moral philosophy in focus /Sergio FranzeseFrankfurt Ontos20081 online resource (245 p.)Process Thought ;19Description based upon print version of record.3-11-032745-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-233) and index.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 --BackmatterWilliam 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 philosophicalProcess ThoughtEthicsHistory19th centuryEthicsHistory170.92Franzese Sergio259487MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788973303321The ethics of energy3866577UNINA