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The Dude Abides: Pragmatism as an Alternative to Deontology and Nihilism

November 14, 2019April 22, 2021 16 min read Matthew Downhour Deontology, Essential Reading, Film, Friedrich Nietzsche, Judaism, Nihilism, Pragmatism

Stuck in the conflict between two worldviews, the Dude offers a pragmatic third way forward for the postmodern world.

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“Pragmatism, on the other hand, asks its usual question. ‘Grant an idea or belief to be true,’ it says, ‘what concrete difference will its being true make in anyone’s actual life? How will the truth be realized? What experiences will be different from those which would obtain if the belief were false? What, in short, is the truth’s cash-value in experiential terms?'” — William James

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