The Ethics of Richard Rorty

Moral Communities, Self-Transformation, and Imagination
Herausgegeben:Dieleman, Susan; McClean, David E.; Showler, Paul

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Produktbeschreibung

This book contains diverse and critical reflections on Richard Rorty's contributions to ethics, an aspect of his thought that has been relatively neglected. Together, they demonstrate that Rorty offers a compelling and coherent ethical vision. The book's chapters, grouped thematically, explore Rorty's emphasis on the importance of moral imagination, social relations, language, and literature as instrumental for ethical self-transformation, as well as for strengthening what Rorty called "social hope," which entails constant work toward a more democratic, inclusive, and cosmopolitan society and world.

Several contributors address the ethical implications of Rorty's commitment to a vision of political liberalism without philosophical foundations. Others offer critical examinations of Rorty's claim that our private or individual projects of self-creation can or should be held apart from our public goals of ameliorating social conditions and reducing cruelty and suffering. Some contributors explore hurdles that impede the practical applications of certain of Rorty's ideas.

The Ethics of Richard Rorty will appeal to scholars and advanced students interested in American philosophy and ethics.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Studies in American Philosophy
• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 158mm x 236mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 800g
• ISBN-13: 9781032074894
• ISBN-10: 1032074892
• Artikelnr.: 63118020

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Stretched Thin: Rorty's Ethical Vision 1. Reading Rorty in Tehran 2. Self-Creation and Community 3. Richard Rorty, Ethnocentrism, and Moral Community 4. Rorty's Hope of Achieving a Global Civilization 5. Imagination as a Social Virtue 6. Can Trees Care? 7. Richard Rorty on the "Too Sane" 8. Scientific Method and Moral Virtue 9. Talking with the Better-Looking Animals 10. Rortyan Ethics 11. When is Desire Dangerous? 12. Speaking for Oneself 13. Pragmatism and the Tragic Sense of Death 14. The Importance of Words 15. The Ironic and Liberal Deficit in Rorty's Irony