Posted by Jost on August 24, 2006, at 22:37:32
In reply to War does not determine who is right, posted by Sobriquet Style on August 24, 2006, at 3:53:36
Not ex ante, but it does ex post-- for the reason you suggested, ie that history is written by the victors, and read by the descendents thereof.
You could say this doesn't make the victors right, ultimately, only practically.
Which I agree with, from the ex ante, or meta-level point of view. But still, if a Rightness Tree fell in the forest, and no one saw it, would there still be Rightness?
If it's gone forever as a point of view, it's hard to locate its rightness after a while. Unless a historican comes along to argue it again. which can always happen.
It's an odd thing about rightness. There are absolutes, but they seem fragile.
Jost
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