William James "The Will to Believe", Book IX

"Morals" is a word that is thrown around carelessly these days. According to adults, a girl that wears a short skirt has no morals, and according to most teenagers they are morally wronged if they are not allowed to go out on a school night. Today morals have turned into an adjective that can be used in any sentence at any time. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines morals as "conforming to a standard of right behavior." …showed first 75 words of 1465 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1465 total…truly choose to understand what his point is. Work Cited Burger, A.J. "The Ethics of Belief: Essays by William Kingdon Clifford, William James and A.J. Burger". Personal web page. [C 2001] < http://ajburger.homestead.com/files/book/html> James, William The Will to Believe and Other Essays Popular Philosophy. Dover Publications: New York, 1956 Schlecht, Ludwig F. "Mysticism and Meliorism: the Integrated Self of William James." Philosophical Forum. Fall 2001, Vol. 32 Issue 3, pg. 253 - 264