(January 12, 2016 at 3:53 pm)Rhythm Wrote: I've never understood the fascination with objective value. It's notoriously difficult to pin down even as a concept - as this thread makes apparent-...but it's also completely unnecessary. Nothing depends upon it. The example, in this case, of human life. I value human life, Kingpin..you value human life, MH, you value human life. We all claim that human life has value.
What is added to this by claiming, additionally, that the value of human life is objective?
Because I don't think all human life has value, and there needs to be a way to keep me in line. One way is to tell me my point of view is incorrect by saying it's 'objective.'
Also by declaring it a fact (objective), it is more effective in keeping it the popular opinion. If people were encouraged to decide on their own, more people might decide differently, and that's bad from the society perspective. Better to brainwash or condition or train or whatever you want to call it, so people come to the desired conclusion.
