Foucaulf
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« on: December 08, 2014, 02:18:47 PM » |
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On a different angle, it sounds like people who ask this question are really asking a question about the existence of objective value, and the denial of objective reality is intended to kick away any appeal to "ontological arguments" in support of certain values. This wouldn't be sufficient to end the discussion, though; objective value theorists can appeal to claims about what we have most reason to do or appealing to the "impersonal view of the universe".
On the other hand, do atheists even appeal to objective value? There are religious beliefs in the world that profess objective value (as in the existence of God's power of salvation), as well as those who profess subjective value (when it's all about "a personal relationship to Christ"). It would be hard to pin down exactly what kind of value system atheists support if there were no opposition to unite them.
Maybe we should get back to evaluating specific value propositions, like "It is a fact that DemPGH had the worst Atlasian administration."
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