> subjective, rather than absolute This is a false dichotomy. If I am trying try accomplish X, it is absolutely true that I am trying to accomplish X. Both you

> subjective, rather than absolute This is a false dichotomy. If I am trying try accomplish X, it is absolutely true that I am trying to accomplish X. Both you (the observer) and I can acknowledge this fact. > adjudication of what is stupid is inevitably subjective No, because as you yourself say... > it depends on the objectives and interests of the subject and what objective you're pursuing is factually the case as I already stated. Furthermore, objectives and interests are not arbitrary and brute facts, but ultimately related to human nature. It is possible in principle, even if not in practice, to determine whether an objective being pursued is wrong, stupid, etc. It makes no sense, for example, to say that someone isn't stupid because he is pursuing the objective of suicide successfully. The objective itself is stupid because it is objectively (not "subjectively") contrary to the good of the subject (euthanasia supporters notwithstanding) to kill yourself and because it is factually the case that the ("subjective") understanding the person has of what is good for him is stupid.