“Where Are We Going?” Dante's Inferno or Richard Rorty's “Liberal Ironist”

This paper elucidates the structure of moral action by arguing that Dante's explanation in the Inferno of why people end up in their respective circles of hell is superior in terms of accounting for the structure of moral reasoning to Richard Rorty's promotion of the “liberal ironist.” The...

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Published in:Religions
Main Author: Sansom, Dennis L. ca. 21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2019]
In: Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-10
Further subjects:B Richard Rorty
B Ethics
B Pedagogy
B Interdisciplinary
B Dante
B Philosophy
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