理查德·罗蒂(Richard Rorty)指出，”反威权主义”(anti-authoritarianism) 是实用主义(pragmatism)的核心动机和优势。“反威权主义”意味着承认我们的文化传承始终处于开放、可修正的状态，不存在一个至高无上的权威可以一劳永逸地确认什么是真理。如果没有上帝般的绝对确定性，那么我们唯一可以依靠的就只能是与人类同胞分享和辩论彼此的观点和思想。检验这些思想的标准相对简单：它们是否奏效？它们是否带来了我们渴望的和平、自由和幸福？要实现这种开明的实用主义，我们必须去思考和关心他人的所思所想，并且尊重他们对我们信念的疑虑和反对意见。
Richard Rorty identifies anti-authoritarianism as the principal impulse and virtue of pragmatism. Anti-authoritarianism means acknowledging that our cultural inheritance is always open to revision because no authority exists to ascertain the truth, once and for all. If we cannot rely on the unshakable certainties of God, then all we have left to go on—and argue with—are the opinions and ideas of our fellow humans. The test of these ideas is relatively simple: Do they work? Do they produce the peace, freedom, and happiness we desire? To achieve this enlightened pragmatism demands that we think and care about what others think and care about, and that we account for their doubts of and objections to our own beliefs.
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