William James on Justice and the Sacredness of Individuality

Rondel, David

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“…As Dewey and Tufts (1932: 383) wrote, ‘In the degree in which there is genuine mutual give and take [views expressed] are seen in a new light, deepened and extended in meaning, and there is the enjoyment of enlargement of experience, [and] of growth of capacity”. James (1900) portrayed this perhaps best in the form of two questions going to the heart of what pragmatists might call the “personal concept of justice’ (Rondel, 2017:315). The first question asks what life is like, when not receiving treatment one is entitled to.…”

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“…The first question asks what life is like, when not receiving treatment one is entitled to. This involves paying attention to those who live through difficulties that a person, such as a nurse, is committed to address (Rondel, 2017). The second question surrounds actions undertaken, when committed to justice for all individuals (Rondel, 2017).…”

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“…This involves paying attention to those who live through difficulties that a person, such as a nurse, is committed to address (Rondel, 2017). The second question surrounds actions undertaken, when committed to justice for all individuals (Rondel, 2017). This might start with introspection; building open‐mindedness and active tolerance towards others, despite the possibility that conflicting views about the world can be held by people (Stuhr, 2000).…”

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As a philosophical position, pragmatism can be critiqued to distinguish truth only with methods that bring about desired results, predominantly with scientific enquiry. The article hopes to dismiss this oversimplification and propose that within mental health nursing, enquiry enlightened by pragmatism can be anchored to methods helping to tackle genuine human problems. Whilst pragmatists suggest one reality exists, fluctuating experiences and shifting beliefs about the world can inhabit within; hence, pragmatists propose reality has the potential to change. Moreover, pragmatism includes being cognisant of what works to whom reality concerns, making reality context‐driven, with a view to understand how actions shape experiences so what is generated has usefulness. Hence, it somewhat follows pragmatism can inform mental health nursing, after all, nursing is a discipline of action, and awareness is needed in how actions produce experiences that patients find helpful. Given the principles of recovery are preferably adopted in mental health care, the paper will explore how pragmatism can help nurses move towards that goal; specifically, with patients voicing their experiences. This is because like pragmatism, recovery subscribes to hope that reality can progress, and through meaningful experiences and beliefs, patients have expertise about personal difficulties alongside how life may flourish, despite mental illness.

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“…That is, when it comes to an assortment of important philosophical questions (not all of them perhaps, but a significant number), an individualist perspective should replace a more objective one, and whether it should or not is itself a question that should be decided 2 Some important contributions to the literature on Jamesean individualism include Albrecht 2012, Bush 2017, Gale 1999, Koopman 2005, Marchetti 2015, and Taylor 2003. I address some of these issues in Rondel 2017. Pawelski 2007 is probably the most extensive book-length treatment of James's individualism.…”

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William James and the Metaphilosophy of Individualism

Rondel

2021

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This paper argues that an individualist perspective is a crucial element of William James's metaphilosophical outlook. In broad outline, the individualist argument the paper attributes to James can be characterized like this. Disputes among philosophers about the optimal point of view from which to consider this or that philosophical problem are themselves only adequately adjudicated from an individualist perspective. That is, when it comes to an assortment of important philosophical questions (not all of them perhaps, but a significant number), an individualist perspective should replace a more objective one, and whether it should or not is itself a question that should be decided from an individualist perspective.

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Handbuch Pragmatismus

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