John Dewey's ethics : democracy as experience /

• Main Author: Pappas, Gregory Fernando, 1960-
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Bloomington : Indiana University, 2008.
• Series: American Philosophy
• Subjects: Dewey, John, > 1859-1952; ETICA; DEMOCRACIA; FILOSOFIA S.XX

Table of Contents:

• Experience as method
• Moral theory and moral practice
• The normative standpoint of pragmatism
• Morality as experience
• The "what" of moral experience
• The "how" of moral experience
• Character and conduct: Dewey and the great divide in ethics
• Present activity and the meaning of moral life
• Conclusion: the need for a recovery of moral philosophy
• The intelligent, aesthetic, and democratic way of life
• The ideal moral self
• Democracy as the ideal moral community
• A philosophical justification of democracy.