Philosophy International Journal (PhIJ)

ISSN: 2641-9130

Research Article

Relativism in Richard Rorty’s Political Morality

Authors: Thomas M

DOI: 10.23880/phij-16000200

Abstract

This paper results from a study in the philosophy of Richard Rorty, an American, postmodern and pragmatist philosopher. The general focus is to deepen our understanding of the nexus between morality and politics and how this interplay (if it does exist) could be (or is) affected by some philosophical trends in the postmodern era. In this epoch which is characterized by varied democracies, globalization, free trade, and technological advancement, politics appear to be “divorced” or emancipated from morality. It is not a rare phenomenon that choices in politics (by the political governments) and the political policies are made in disregard to moral principles. Many of the political choices and policies we witness, either on national or international level, are made to the violation of rational moral standards. Politics has become shorn of morality. 

Keywords: Philosophy; Richard Rorty; Pragmatism; Morality; Politics

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