Download or read book Ethics and Philosophical Critique in William James written by Sarin Marchetti and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.