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Depends on your value system It seems odd that an absolute would depend on something subjective, doesn't it? we would not be able to trust each other. That s
by jimmyk 9y ago
Depends on your value system
It seems odd that an absolute would depend on something subjective, doesn't it?
we would not be able to trust each other.
That sounds like a pretty utilitarian concern to me, rather than a contradiction.
- alasdair_ 9y ago>It seems odd that an absolute would depend on something subjective, doesn't it? Go deep enough and eventually everything is subjective. Even things like fundamental axioms.
- knicholes 9y agoIt does seem odd that an absolute would depend on something subjective... existential crises ensues
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- lerpa 9y agoExplanations. That there exists more than one explanation for a phenomenon, like ethics and moral values, doesn't mean that choosing any of those at random yields a good explanation. It also doesn't mean that there is no valid explanation at all. That's just lazy not-100%-sure-therefore-I-substituite-my-own-reality-ism.