has richard rorty a moral philosophy?

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محمد اصغری

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i try to show that richard rorty, although is not a moral philosopher like kant, nerveless, has moral philosophy that must be taken seriously. rorty was not engaged with moral philosophy in the systematic manner common among leading modern and contemporary moral philosophers. this paper has two parts: first part, in brief, is concerned with principles of his philosophy such as anti-essentialism, darwinism, freudism, and historicism. second part which be long and detailed, considers many moral themes in rorty's thought such as critique of kantian morality, solidarity, moral progress, cruelty and concept of other, etc. subsequently, i will try to answer the research question of the article namely, has rorty a moral philosophy?

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