RE: Any Nihilists here?
August 22, 2023 at 9:59 am
(This post was last modified: August 22, 2023 at 10:05 am by The Grand Nudger.)
When moral theorists use the term "subjective" they mean to say that the quality/attribute/trait x lies solely in the eye of the beholder...that it's a quality of the subject... rather than the object.
So, for example. Boxes can hold things. I don't just think boxes can hold things, they really can. It's something about boxes that allows them to hold things, not something about me. Boxes can hold things regardless of whether I'm there, whether I know that, or whether I value boxes. Even if there were no people....and no boxes, the very concept of a box will describe that utility all the same. So, if you wanted to make the first box, you would find that this box...and any box....has the quality proposed for the set of box.
The statement boxes can hold things is as objectively true as any statement - it is not subjectively true. It tells us something about boxes, not about me.
So, for example. Boxes can hold things. I don't just think boxes can hold things, they really can. It's something about boxes that allows them to hold things, not something about me. Boxes can hold things regardless of whether I'm there, whether I know that, or whether I value boxes. Even if there were no people....and no boxes, the very concept of a box will describe that utility all the same. So, if you wanted to make the first box, you would find that this box...and any box....has the quality proposed for the set of box.
The statement boxes can hold things is as objectively true as any statement - it is not subjectively true. It tells us something about boxes, not about me.
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