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One sentence that throws the problem of evil out of the window.
RE: One sentence that throws the problem of evil out of the window.
(November 7, 2017 at 5:02 pm)Khemikal Wrote:
(November 7, 2017 at 4:54 pm)Mathilda Wrote: Let's put it another way.

Subjective means "based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions""

Therefore something can only be subjective if a brain is involved to produce those personal feelings, tastes and opinions.

There is no other way to determine the morality of an act other than to use your brain. There are no measurements that you can possbly use to determine how right or wrong an action is.

Therefore morality can only be subjective.
Therefore all things produced by our brains are subjective.  That's not a meaningful subjectivity in any context, nor is it one that a moral objectivist has to deny.

You're using the definition of subjective out of scope of how it is commonly used to apply it to vision, homoeostasis etc. I was only referring to personal feelings, tastes and opinions, which can only be produced by a brain.
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RE: One sentence that throws the problem of evil out of the window. - by I_am_not_mafia - November 7, 2017 at 5:09 pm

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