A Controversial Political View： Rorty＇s Moral Finitism and Religion in the Public Square  

作　　者：Joaquin Jareno 

机构地区：[1]University of Murcia

出　　处：《Journal of Philosophy Study》2015年第3期136-145,共10页哲学研究（英文版）

摘　　要：Richard Rorty＇s moral finitism is based on some ideas from John Stuart Mill＇s work On Liberty. For Rorty, religious truths would be the main obstacles for the development of freedom and, at the same time, for human happiness. Rorty introduces the concepts of contingency and literary culture to express the situation of personal moral development, stressing that our life must be seen as an endless narration. So, there is no fixed development given once and for all. Rorty＇s anticlericalism is also based on the idea that the creation of clerical institutions and hierarchies is dangerous in the sense that they pose demands which go beyond individual perspectives and make religious obligations be prior to moral ones. Nevertheless, there are some misconceptions in Rorty＇s position when he discusses the idea of moral obligation and the relationship between religion and religious institutions.

关 键 词：RELIGION public square moral finitism CONTINGENCY NARRATIVE anticlericalism religious institutions 

分 类 号：N05[自然科学总论—科学技术哲学] B91[哲学宗教—宗教学]