RE: What is 'objective' value?
January 14, 2016 at 8:43 am
(This post was last modified: January 14, 2016 at 4:02 pm by Losty.)
(January 10, 2016 at 4:58 pm)wallym Wrote: I think the language we use when talking about value muddies up the waters, allowing for 'objective value' talks to slide in as a thing. And I think it's because of the way we talk about subjective value as an abstract idea when the reality is it's no such thing.
What is subjective value really?
It is a tangible biological process of evaluating the desires of an individual in a moment. Really, it is only subjective in the sense that the scope only applies to one person in that moment. But really, it is a fact. A measurable truth, no different than eye color or gravity. Person A at moment B values C.
So what is objective value. Where does that exist? How does it not contradict the truth that is the individuals tangible values?
If I have blue eyes, Bob has green eyes, and Tim has yellow eyes. The idea of a universal eye color is nonsense. By describing things as tangible instead of opinions, it leaves no room for an overarching objective value to exist.
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Am I missing anything here?
I think absolute values do not exist outside of mathematical equations.
