Far from rejecting outright any hierarchy of success or failure, philosophy instead reconfigures the judging process, lending legitimacy to theidea that themainstream value system may unfairly consign some people to disgrace and others to respectability.

Alain De Botton
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In this quote, Richard Rorty critically examines the idea of good and bad in society. He disagrees with the idea that there is a significant difference between good and bad, because he believes it is an illusion. He suggests that we all try to move forward in life and accept whatever comes our way in life giving giving us the ability to create whatever we want in life. By accepting failure and disgrace, we can rise above failure and disgrace by building something good in life. Rorty also believes that we judge people according to how they treat others, not according to what they do.

Source: Status Anxiety

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