Contingency, Irony and Morality: A Critical Review of Rorty’s Notion of the Liberal Utopia

This paper introduces Richard Rorty’s notion of the liberal ironist and his vision of a liberal utopia and explores the implications of these for philosophical questions concerning morality, as well as morality in general. Rorty’s assertions of the contingency of language, society and self are explo...

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Main Author: Wehan Murray Coombs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-06-01
Series:Humanities
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/2/2/313