Rorty, neopragmatism and non-foundational international ethics
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Arts (MA)
Major/Program
International Relations
First Advisor's Name
Nicholas G. Onuf
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Bruce Hauptli
Third Advisor's Name
John Clark
Date of Defense
7-29-1996
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to apply the work of Richard Rorty to questions of ethics in International Relations.
Beginning- with discussion of Pragmatism in this chapter, and Rorty's political beliefs in the second, the paper moves in Chapter Three to the means by which Rorty has come to hold his ethical beliefs. This takes the reader through discussions of the contingency of language, self and community to the notions of irony and liberal ironism. Chapter Four contrasts the (neo) Pragmatist conception of progressive, piecemeal social change to traditions which eschew such a notion in favor of immanent critique. Discussion in chapter five moves to the application of this neopragmatist line of thought to the discussion of solidarity and human rights, bringing all of the various strands of this paper together. In the conclusion, two apparent inconsistencies in Rorty's clarified.
Identifier
FI15101669
Recommended Citation
Gould, Harry Damon, "Rorty, neopragmatism and non-foundational international ethics" (1996). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3946.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3946
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