Richard Rorty and Moral Progress in Global Relations

• Main Author: JORDAAN, Eduard
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2006
• Subjects: Rorty; sentimental education; liberal societies; communal identities; Ethics and Political Philosophy; Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/392; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/1391/viewcontent/Richard_RortyMoralProgressGlobalRelations_2006_afv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Richard Rorty's navigation of the pitfalls of the cosmopolitan-communitarian debate, concern with human suffering, recognition of the contingency of communal identities and relationships, and his endorsement of liberal societies, by definition inclusive and always in search of a greater justice...