William James on Ethics and Faith

ISBN: 9781107437340 出版年：2009 页码：259 Michael R Slater Cambridge University Press

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.