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12 Post author: loup-vaillant 22 May 2012 01:58PM

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Comment author: TimS 30 May 2012 11:21:41PM 0 points [-]

Fair enough, but whether Mussolini is accurate to label himself a moral relativist is fairly central to whether he disproves my "tyranny = moral realism" assertion.

Comment author: torekp 31 May 2012 12:55:39AM 2 points [-]

Even if he did make the mistake of thinking relativism implies imposition, that need not invalidate his claim to be a moral relativist. Relativism remains consistent with imposition. And his comment that "all ideologies are mere fictions" certainly seems to point him in a broadly anti-realist direction.

Comment author: TimS 31 May 2012 01:39:27AM 1 point [-]

Well put. Hmm . . . must think more about what's wrong with my previous thesis.