TY - JOUR
T1 - Rorty's Promise in Metaethics
AU - Donelson, Raff
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Little attention is given to Richard Rorty's metaethical views. No doubt this stems from the fact that most commentators are more interested in his metaphilosophical views; most see his metaethical views, offered in scattered passages, as just the downstream runoff from higher-level reflection. This article considers Rorty's metaethics on their own merits, quite apart from whether his global picture works. I ultimately argue that Rorty's metaethical outlook is attractive but beset by internal difficulties. Specifically, I contend that Rorty does not and cannot remain faithful to the methodological approach to metaethics for which he advocates. At the paper's close, I gesture at a nearby methodological approach that best approximates Rorty's metaethical methodology.
AB - Little attention is given to Richard Rorty's metaethical views. No doubt this stems from the fact that most commentators are more interested in his metaphilosophical views; most see his metaethical views, offered in scattered passages, as just the downstream runoff from higher-level reflection. This article considers Rorty's metaethics on their own merits, quite apart from whether his global picture works. I ultimately argue that Rorty's metaethical outlook is attractive but beset by internal difficulties. Specifically, I contend that Rorty does not and cannot remain faithful to the methodological approach to metaethics for which he advocates. At the paper's close, I gesture at a nearby methodological approach that best approximates Rorty's metaethical methodology.
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U2 - 10.1163/18758185-01403003
DO - 10.1163/18758185-01403003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85025111423
SN - 1572-3429
VL - 14
SP - 292
EP - 306
JO - Contemporary Pragmatism
JF - Contemporary Pragmatism
IS - 3
ER -