William James on ethics and faith
By: Michael R. Slater.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521760164
Subjects: James, William, -- 1842-1910; Religion and ethics
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction: a practical faith; Part I. Practical Faith and the Will to Believe: 1. The will and the right to believe; 2. James's Wager and the right to believe; Part II. Two Moral Arguments for Religious Faith: 3. James's religious ethics in 'The Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life'; 4. Overcoming pessimism in 'Is Life Worth Living'?; Part III. Piecemeal Supernaturalism and Practical Needs: 5. Religion and morality in the varieties of religious experience; 6. A pragmatic account of religion; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.