LEADER 02534nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910808111503321 005 20240516154212.0 010 $a1-282-87238-9 010 $a9786612872389 010 $a0-231-52543-5 035 $a(CKB)2560000000056199 035 $a(EBL)908319 035 $a(OCoLC)826476656 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000436103 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11279420 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000436103 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10425220 035 $a(PQKB)11260980 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908319 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10433278 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL287238 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908319 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000056199 100 $a20100407d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 13$aAn ethics for today $efinding common ground between philosophy and religion /$fRichard Rorty ; foreword by Jeffrey W. Robbins ; introduction by Gianni Vattimo ; conclusion by G. Elijah Dann 205 $aEnglish-language ed. 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (101 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-15056-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aContents; FOREWORD: Richard Rorty A Philosophical Guide to Talking About Religion; Introduction; An Ethics for Today; Conclusion: Philosophy, Religion, and Religious Belief After Rorty 330 $aRichard 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 606 $aCatholic Church and philosophy 606 $aReligion and ethics 615 0$aCatholic Church and philosophy. 615 0$aReligion and ethics. 676 $a170 700 $aRorty$b Richard$0143803 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808111503321 996 $aAn ethics for today$94105852 997 $aUNINA