from General Will 2.0 Consider the possibility that you may be wrong about what you believe is right, but still initiate action
To roti’s liberal ironism is a project to push religion into the private sphere, isn’t it? Uno-san’s idea may or may not be a little different. Uno I think my understanding of pragmatism is different from irony. Putting beliefs in parentheses does not mean that they should be shoved into the private sphere. Rather, what I wanted to say in “Democracy-” is the importance of considering the possibility that you may be wrong about what you believe to be right, but still initiating action in your own practice. That’s where I think I’ve gone a step further than in my previous book. East That seems to have something to do with the interest in Tocqueville. Uno Tocqueville believed that in a democratic age, there is no longer a common religion that people can all believe in. Nevertheless, a situation in which everyone does not share any beliefs creates all sorts of difficulties. In this sense, it is still better to have a religion. However, I myself do not have a faith that I can believe in, and Tocqueville continued to worry about that. I think I may be projecting a bit of myself onto him. p.299
The importance of considering the possibility that you may be wrong about what you believe to be right, but still initiating action in your own practice.
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