Pragmatist Ethics: A Problem-Based Approach to What Matters

by James Jakób Liszka

Grounded in American pragmatism, Pragmatist Ethics proposes a rethinking of ethics. Rather than looking to the good--a concept for which consensus is difficult to achieve--pragmatists instead advocate for tending to the problems of the day. James Jak b Liszka examines how daily practices and institutions are originally conceived and then evolve to solve certain problems, and that their failure to do so is the source of most problems. Liszka...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438485883
• ISBN13: 9781438485881
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"