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Therapeutic approaches to metaphysics/ethics?

I've read Wittgenstein's *Philosophical Investigations* accompanied by McGinn's *The Routledge Guidebook to Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations* (which, as an enthusiast, is a fantastic book), and recently I finished the first half of *The New Wittgenstein* (which is not as easy to read but still very good AFAIK).

Both of these secondary sources are in the "therapeutic tradition" (no philosophical theories or positive theses are to be advanced and so on), which is what I'm interested in right now. While the former offers a more structured view on the Philosophical investigations, the latter extrapolates Wittgenstein's ideas in contrast to Derrida's deconstruction, political thought, and different accounts on rule-following (including Kripke's reading of Wittgenstein).

I'm curious if there are any papers/books that extrapolate Wittgenstein's ideas (according to a therapeutic reading) on major subjects, namely metaphysics and ethics. On the subject of metaphysics, specifically truth, I was able to find the paper *Wittgenstein on Truth* by Paul Harwich. Moreover, *The New Wittgenstein* at some point discusses the problem of universals.

The one book I found is *The Fate of Wonder: Wittgenstein's Critique of Metaphysics and Modernity*, but I'll take a look at it. If anyone has other recommendations, they would be very welcome. Thank you.
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Definitely look into John McDowell, he uses the exact word you use to describe the way he conceives philosophy: therapeutic. His ethical work is primarily in collected essays, the most important of which is Virtue and Reason. He is very influenced by Wittgenstein, especially Wittgenstein’s rule-following considerations and idea of a shared form of life. He advocates for a virtue ethical approach on the basis of those arguments. He is difficult but the most difficult part of the essay Virtue and Reason is his use of the Wittgenstein material, which you probably got down by now.