RE: What is 'objective' value?
January 12, 2016 at 4:05 pm
(This post was last modified: January 12, 2016 at 4:10 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Socks, toasters, perhaps pebbles add this ephemeral objective value..it would be impossible to determine until someone can establish, not agree upon, establish an objective value in the first place. Meanwhile, again...we three agree that human life has value. Is this less fascinating because it is not objective....and what would being objective add to our assessments of value?
Would we suddenly be able to say, for example, "I think you're wrong on that and this is why!" - well.....we already can and do. We three already feel that anyone who does not value human life is incorrect in holding such an opinion..and we can all explain why without referring to something as yet undemonstrated (and I suspect, undemonstrable, incoherent, non-cognitive)...I hope?
Would we suddenly be able to say, for example, "I think you're wrong on that and this is why!" - well.....we already can and do. We three already feel that anyone who does not value human life is incorrect in holding such an opinion..and we can all explain why without referring to something as yet undemonstrated (and I suspect, undemonstrable, incoherent, non-cognitive)...I hope?
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