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