Ricerc@Sapienza

In the chapter, I survey the contemporary pragmatist landscape in the light of its commitment to the centrality of the notion and category of conduct.

James’s ethics is among the most intricate facets of his work. It thus hardly comes as a surprise that scholars, both inside and outside pragmatism, have been disagreeing not only over the details of James’s moral philosophy but also over its most general shape. Not only, in fact, there have been several contrasting accounts of his writings and their overall coherence – or lack thereof –, but also conflicting narratives of their very scope and goals.