Transforming One's Self: The Therapeutic Ethical Pragmatism of William James

Clifford S. Stagoll

Published by SUNY Press 2023

Transforming One's Self

The Therapeutic Ethical Pragmatism of William James

Clifford S. Stagoll

In the series SUNY series in American Philosophy and Cultural Thought

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781438493282

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About this book

A fresh and rigorous interpretation of William James's ethical theory, showing how experimenting with life's opportunities can transform one's self and life.

Author / Editor information

Clifford S. Stagoll is Honorary Research Fellow in Philosophy at The University of Western Australia. He is the coeditor (with Michael P. Levine) of Pragmatism Applied: William James and the Challenges of Contemporary Life, also published by SUNY Press.

Reviews

"Transforming One's Self represents an in-depth study of James's moral philosophy as hinged on the notion and practice of self-transformation. Stagoll contributes to the literature on James's ethics (and philosophy overall) by showing the extent to which moral reflection rests on open-ended experimentation rather than on established rules, on therapeutic instructions rather than on normative prescriptions. This pragmatist understanding of moral theorizing (or lack thereof) is paired with a fallibilist conception of experience, consciousness, habit, and will. In so doing, it joins a growing literature resisting a picture of James and pragmatism's moral thought as one more variety of either deontology or consequentialism." — Sarin Marchetti, author of Ethics and Philosophical Critique in William James

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Introduction William James's Ethics in the Pragmatist Tradition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Locating James's Therapeutic Project Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Uncovering Life's Potential Relational Experience Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Defining Life's Potential The Self-Transforming Self Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Realizing Life's Potential An Ethics of Habit and Creative Willing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Conclusion Recovering James’s Therapeutic Ethics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201

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Language: English
Publisher: SUNY Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 228
Illustrations
- Other: Total Illustrations: 0
Keywords: Philosophy : Philosophy; Philosophy : Ethics; American Studies : American Studies; Psychology : Psychology; Philosophy : American Philosophy

eBook

Published: July 1, 2023
ISBN: 9781438493282