... and beyond this world, occupied by forms or ideas, which are the true reality. For example, a beautiful picture had "form beauty" in it; without form beauty there would be no beautiful things. In other words, without forms there is no reality. Strengths And Weaknesses Of Absolutism Absolutism provides a fixed ethical code to measure actions. For example, an ethical absolutist can disapprove of Hitler's extremist political regime, Nazi Germany or the wife-beater ("you must never beat your wife and this remains true all the time"). Absolutism gives clear guidelines for behaviour. For example, one country may judge the actions of another country as wrong and act on that judgement. In other words, there is an objective standard against which a country's behaviour may be judged. We know it is wrong to torture and kill innocent people, so if Sierra Leone, for example, continues to engage in civil wars and endanger ...

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