LEADER 02676nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910788973303321 005 20230721033904.0 010 $a3-11-032783-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110327830 035 $a(CKB)3390000000032958 035 $a(EBL)1195532 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000728224 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11427661 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000728224 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10688774 035 $a(PQKB)10431891 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1195532 035 $a(DE-B1597)211710 035 $a(OCoLC)1013957463 035 $a(OCoLC)853259262 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110327830 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1195532 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10728696 035 $a(OCoLC)851970845 035 $a(EXLCZ)993390000000032958 100 $a20090317d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe ethics of energy$b[electronic resource] $eWilliam James's moral philosophy in focus /$fSergio Franzese 210 $aFrankfurt $cOntos$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (245 p.) 225 0 $aProcess Thought ;$v19 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a3-11-032745-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [224]-233) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --$tSummary --$tList of Abbreviations for the Works of William James --$tIntroduction --$tCHAPTER I: William James's Moral Philosophy in Focus --$tCHAPTER II: The Anthropological Question --$tCHAPTER III: Habits and Ethics --$tCHAPTER IV: The Question of Energy --$tCHAPTER V: The Ethics of Energy --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tBackmatter 330 $aWilliam James's moral philosophy is neither a remaking of utilitarianism nor it is a theory of values as it is assumed by the majority of his interpreters. Instead James offers an ethical view consistently arising out of valorization of energy of his days, and effecting a counter-tendency to the two great popular scientific currents of the 19th century: the universalizing of Darwinism and the pessimistic ideologies of social entropy. James's ethics moves away from the traditional idealistic or utilitarian grounds and takes place against the background of an up-and-coming philosophical 410 0$aProcess Thought 606 $aEthics$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aEthics$xHistory 676 $a170.92 700 $aFranzese$b Sergio$0259487 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788973303321 996 $aThe ethics of energy$93866577 997 $aUNINA