Source: The Jolly Libertarian
by Marco den Ouden
“Universalism, writes philosopher Isaiah Berlin, is a worldview that dominated philosophy for two thousand years before being challenged by Romanticism. It is characterized by the idea that all knowledge and all truth can be discerned by reason. … The problem with universalism is that few agree on what the true answers are, especially when it comes to ethics and politics. And when one ascribes moral values to questions of truth, when truth is regarded as good and falsehood or error is regarded as evil, and if evil is regarded as dangerous, as something to be repressed by the state for the good of all, then we end up with authoritarianism and tyranny.” (10/07/25)
https://jollylibertarian.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-contrary-influence-of-universalism.html