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"“If ‘good’ means only the local ideology, how can those who invent the local ideology be guided by any ideaof good themselves? The very idea of freedom presupposes some objective moral law which overarches rulers and ruled alike. Subjectivism about values is eternally incompatible with democracy.”
-From the essay “The Poison of Subjectivism”" — Aug 01, 2026 08:21AM
"“If ‘good’ means only the local ideology, how can those who invent the local ideology be guided by any ideaof good themselves? The very idea of freedom presupposes some objective moral law which overarches rulers and ruled alike. Subjectivism about values is eternally incompatible with democracy.”
-From the essay “The Poison of Subjectivism”" — Aug 01, 2026 08:21AM
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