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toddaa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 07:47 PM
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Poll question: Are you an absolutist, a perspectivist, or a relativist
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toddaa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 07:49 PM
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1. I'll give you a hint on perspectivism
Neitzsche was a perspectivist.
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 07:50 PM
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2. Absolutism is Relative
It depends on your perspective.

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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 07:51 PM
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4. Hahahahaha! Good one! n/t
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 07:50 PM
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3. Taking a wild guess here
Perspectivist... because I believe that perspective is everything... no two people have the exact same perspective. Your point of view is like your fingerprint.
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iamahaingttta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 07:57 PM
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5. I'm an Irrelevantist.
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 08:16 PM
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7. hey I'm an irrationalist
we must related
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godhatesrepublicans Donating Member (343 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 08:08 PM
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6. definitely an absolutist.
I'm intolerant of the intolerant, for example.
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 08:33 PM
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8. I love threads like this. Thank you. I am absolutely entertained. :)
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Proud_Democratt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 08:54 PM
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9. Me too!
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toddaa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 08:55 PM
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10. That's pretty good
But I think you might need to take this up with Zeno.
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Random_Australian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-25-06 12:19 AM
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11. Ugh! 1/2 absolutist 1/2 relativist!
If you wish me to explain, just ask.
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-25-06 12:49 PM
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12. Moral Absolutist (Utillitarianism)
Increasing happiness and decreasing suffering of the most amount of people = Good.

The most well known Utillitarian, the 19th century british philospher and reformer J. S. Mill, was a vocal proponent of social justice for the poor and opressed. He and his allies were on of the reasons of the ideologocal split among 19th century liberals that eventually resulted in the crystalizing of the ideologies of Social Democrats/American Liberals on one hand and Libertarians on the other.
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