02595nam 2200589Ia 450 991045817610332120200520144314.01-282-87238-997866128723890-231-52543-5(CKB)2560000000056199(EBL)908319(OCoLC)826476656(SSID)ssj0000436103(PQKBManifestationID)11279420(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000436103(PQKBWorkID)10425220(PQKB)11260980(MiAaPQ)EBC908319(Au-PeEL)EBL908319(CaPaEBR)ebr10433278(CaONFJC)MIL287238(EXLCZ)99256000000005619920100407d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAn ethics for today[electronic resource] finding common ground between philosophy and religion /Richard Rorty ; foreword by Jeffrey W. Robbins ; introduction by Gianni Vattimo ; conclusion by G. Elijah DannEnglish-language ed.New York Columbia University Press20101 online resource (101 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-231-15056-3 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; FOREWORD: Richard Rorty A Philosophical Guide to Talking About Religion; Introduction; An Ethics for Today; Conclusion: Philosophy, Religion, and Religious Belief After RortyRichard 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 imCatholic Church and philosophyReligion and ethicsElectronic books.Catholic Church and philosophy.Religion and ethics.170Rorty Richard143803MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458176103321An ethics for today1917472UNINA