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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808111503321

Autore

Rorty Richard

Titolo

An ethics for today : finding common ground between philosophy and religion / / Richard Rorty ; foreword by Jeffrey W. Robbins ; introduction by Gianni Vattimo ; conclusion by G. Elijah Dann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Columbia University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-87238-9

9786612872389

0-231-52543-5

Edizione

[English-language ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (101 p.)

Disciplina

170

Soggetti

Catholic Church and philosophy

Religion and ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; FOREWORD: Richard Rorty A Philosophical Guide to Talking About Religion; Introduction; An Ethics for Today; Conclusion: Philosophy, Religion, and Religious Belief After Rorty

Sommario/riassunto

Richard Rorty is famous, maybe even infamous, for his philosophical nonchalance. His groundbreaking work not only rejects all theories of truth but also dismisses modern epistemology and its preoccupation with knowledge and representation. At the same time, the celebrated pragmatist believed there could be no universally valid answers to moral questions, leading to a complex view of religion rarely expressed in his writings.In this posthumous publication, Rorty, a strict secularist, finds in the pragmatic thought of John Dewey, John Stuart Mill, Henry James, and George Santayana a political im