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"Good" and "bad" in general are subjective. I can subjectively say that Nazis are bad. I can objectively say that Nazi policies had a deleterious effect on Je
by bovermyer 7y ago
"Good" and "bad" in general are subjective.
I can subjectively say that Nazis are bad.
I can objectively say that Nazi policies had a deleterious effect on Jewish populations.
Similarly, I can objectively say that Beijing's policies have a deleterious effect on human rights as defined by the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
I can subjectively say that the Chinese government is bad.
- goalieca 7y agoAnd given china voted for the declaration of human rights, they are objectively bad under their own measure.
- NedIsakoff 7y agoPeople's Republic of China did not vote for the declaration of human rights, the Republic of China did
- goalieca 7y agoYes.. and your point? The old country didn't vanish so to speak. Things carry forward.
- drdeca 7y agoI'm not sure exactly what you mean by subjective. I assert that, for many (though possibly not all) moral questions, that there is a fact of the matter as to whether a thing is good or bad or neither.
- bovermyer 7y agoHere's a definition of subjective for you: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subjective https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subjective As to good and bad being subjective, I offer you this: I think the Chinese government is bad. I'd bet that Xi Jinping thinks it's good. Thus, subjective.
- drdeca 7y agoI think that the atomic weight of carbon is about 12, Joe thinks that it is 29. Therefore, what the atomic weight of carbon is, is subjective. (No, it isn’t.)