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Comment author: TimS 23 May 2012 02:09:40PM 0 points [-]

I'm more with Orwell, seeing the totalitarian dangers from non-realism.

I'm not aware of any tyranny that failed to assert a moral realist position. The relationship between their philosophies and physical reality was tenuous, but they didn't act like they were uncertain.

Comment author: scav 24 May 2012 08:13:58AM *  1 point [-]

I can't think of one either, but:

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -- Voltaire

It's dangerous to deny there is any basis for determining whether something is absurd.

Comment author: loup-vaillant 24 May 2012 10:06:53AM *  3 points [-]

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Comment author: scav 25 May 2012 08:08:46AM 0 points [-]

thanks!

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