pragmatism
Pragmatism is the incarnation of a philosophy that sanctifies outcomes alone and dismisses means as mere ornamentation. Theory bows before practice, and conviction is swallowed by market forces. Cloaked in lofty debates in textbooks, it preaches the creed of "victory is truth, failure is waste." Its followers venerate problem-solving as alchemy and lull contradictions with the chant of "Is it useful?" Only the next result is worshipped, while the past is promptly expunged from memory.