RE: Any Nihilists here?
August 22, 2023 at 1:12 am
(This post was last modified: August 22, 2023 at 1:19 am by FrustratedFool.)
Interesting.
Is consistency objectively valuable for its utility?
I'm not sure I even understand the question. Does such-and-such provide a use for this-and-that? Yes. Is that use objective? I'm not sure. Is, for example, logic's usefulness an objective quality, in that it would be useful even if all agents didn't exist? Well, how then is it useful and to whom? It wouldn't be. So I'm leaning towards it being subjective here.
OK, provisionally I'm going to answer your question no. Value is subjective. Agents assign value to things. As to whether utility is subjective? Yes, but the process that leads to that utility is likely a valueless objective logical necessity. Maybe. At this point I'm lost.
But, consistently with my two previous posts, I'm saying consistency is subjectively valuable. In this case, to me. And seemingly to you. I'm glad to have remained consistent. I'm sure you appreciate it also.
I see no way in which morality is anything but entirely subjective, since moral values are assigned purely by persons and don't exist without agents. I utterly reject moral realism. I don't think I've been inconsistent (lol) in that.
Is consistency objectively valuable for its utility?
I'm not sure I even understand the question. Does such-and-such provide a use for this-and-that? Yes. Is that use objective? I'm not sure. Is, for example, logic's usefulness an objective quality, in that it would be useful even if all agents didn't exist? Well, how then is it useful and to whom? It wouldn't be. So I'm leaning towards it being subjective here.
OK, provisionally I'm going to answer your question no. Value is subjective. Agents assign value to things. As to whether utility is subjective? Yes, but the process that leads to that utility is likely a valueless objective logical necessity. Maybe. At this point I'm lost.
But, consistently with my two previous posts, I'm saying consistency is subjectively valuable. In this case, to me. And seemingly to you. I'm glad to have remained consistent. I'm sure you appreciate it also.
I see no way in which morality is anything but entirely subjective, since moral values are assigned purely by persons and don't exist without agents. I utterly reject moral realism. I don't think I've been inconsistent (lol) in that.