Although there have been many absolutist states in human history , gregg easterbrook and others have argued that such societies tend to rapidly self-destruct or be destroyed by neighbors .
I tend to have a different perspective than such narrow and absolutist attitudes .
我倾向于有一个不同的角度,比这种狭隘和绝对化的态度。
The absolutist power of the father in clan society came mostly from the possession of women taken in forays against neighboring clans .
氏族社会中长老的绝对权力,主要表现在对从邻近氏族掠夺来的妇女的占有上。
Consequentialist reasoning may influence the political decision to go to war but , once war is declared , absolutist patriotism takes over with a force and a power not otherwise seen outside religion .
The paper is intended to clarify the relationships between these notions , and to demonstrate that it is perfectly possible , and indeed desirable , to adopt a view which is both pluralist and absolutist .