John Dewey's Ethical Theory

The 1932 Ethics
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-20159-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 574 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in American Philosophy

This book provides a wide-ranging, systematic, and comprehensive approach to the moral philosophy of John Dewey, one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. It does so by focusing on his greatest achievement in this field: the Ethics he jointly published with James Hayden Tufts in 1908 and then republished in a heavily revised version in 1932.

The essays in this volume are divided into two distinct parts. The first features essays that provide a running commentary on the chapters of the 1932 Ethics written by Dewey. Each chapter is introduced, situated within a historical perspective, and then its main achievements are highlighted and discussed. The second part of the book interprets the Ethics and demonstrates its contemporary relevance and vitality. The essays in this part situate the Ethics in the broader interpretive frameworks of Dewey’s philosophy, American pragmatism, and 20th-century moral theory at large. Taken together, these essays show that, far from being a mere survey of moral theories, the 1932 Ethics presents the theoretical highpoint in Dewey’s thinking about moral philosophy.

This book features contributions by some of the most influential Dewey scholars from North America and Europe. It will be of keen interest to scholars and students of American pragmatism, ethics and moral philosophy, and the history of 20th-century philosophy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Frega, Roberto

Levine, Steven

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Introduction

1. Contextualizing Dewey's 1932 Ethics

Gregory Pappas

2. Dewey’s Independent Factors in Moral Action

Steven Fesmire

Part II. Commentary on the Chapters of the 1932 Ethics

3. Moral Holism and the Pragmatist Character

Stéphane Madelrieux

4. Forming New Ends Creatively

Federico Lijoi

5. Dewey, Kant, and the Problem of Moral Change

Conor Morris

6. What Exactly is the Place of Virtue in Dewey’s Ethics?

Roberto Frega

7. The Interplay Between Emotion and Reason: The Role of Sympathy in Moral Judgment

Céline Henne

8. The Identity of Self and Act: Pluralism, Growth, and our Social Interest

Steven Levine

9. Democracy and the Problem of Domination: A Deweyan Perspective

Justo Serrano Zamora

Part III. Historical and Systematic Perspectives

10. Dewey’s Fully Embedded Ethics

Robera Dreon

11. Psychology, Moral Theory, and Politics: Dewey’s Mature Theory of Interest in the 1932 Ethics

Matteo Santarelli

12. Duties and the Ethical Space of Claims in Dewey’s 1932 Ethics

Mathias Girel

13. Moral Theory and Anti-Theory in Dewey’s 1932 Ethics

Sarin Marchetti

14. Rationality as a Moral Problem: Dewey and Williams on the Role of Theory in Moral Reflection

Jörg Volbers

Über Autor(innen)

Roberto Frega is Senior Researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research. He has published two monographs on John Dewey’s philosophy, a book on political epistemology, a book on social theories of normativity, a book on pragmatist moral and political philosophy, and more than thirty articles on contemporary moral and political philosophy. He is founder and co-executive editor of the European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy.

Steven Levine is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He has published articles on the work of Sellars, Brandom, McDowell, and Davidson, as well as on a range of issues in classical and contemporary pragmatism. He is the author of Pragmatism, Objectivity, and Experience (2019).