Richard McKay Rorty / Richard Rorty / Philosophy of Richard Rorty
RORTY ADVOCATED THE CREATION OF A CULTURE OF GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS IN ORDER TO STOP VIOLATIONS FROM HAPPENING THROUGH A SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION. HE ARGUED THAT WE SHOULD CREATE A SENSE OF EMPATHY OR TEACH EMPATHY TO OTHERS SO AS TO UNDERSTAND OTHERS' SUFFERING.
RICHARD MCKAY RORTY WAS AN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHER. EDUCATED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AND YALE UNIVERSITY, HE HAD STRONG INTERESTS AND TRAINING IN BOTH THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY AND CONTEMPORARY ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY, THE LATTER OF WHICH CAME TO COMPRISE THE MAIN FOCUS OF HIS WORK AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY IN THE 1960S. HE SUBSEQUENTLY CAME TO REJECT THE TRADITION OF PHILOSOPHY ACCORDING TO WHICH KNOWLEDGE INVOLVES CORRECT REPRESENTATION OF A WORLD WHOSE EXISTENCE REMAINS WHOLLY INDEPENDENT OF THAT REPRESENTATION.