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Bono
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« on: April 13, 2007, 04:04:35 PM »

"Every subjectivist is a tyrant. He believes himself to be the ultimate ruler of the universe. Beware the subjectivist, for against his injustice there is no recourse but force."
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Bono
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« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2007, 04:51:02 PM »

Looking up "subjectivism" in the dictionary, I got the following definition:

"The doctrine that all knowledge is limited to experiences by the self, and that transcendent knowledge is impossible."

I cannot envisage how one could possibly get from that to "[a subjectivist] believes himself to be the ultimate ruler of the universe."
This is about moral, not epistemological subjectivism.
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