Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Interpersonal Subjectivity

 There is an objective reality to the universe. 

Objectivity exists in two ways; First, there is an exclusive, single set of facts about what actually happened. We may not know it, but we know that only one reality unfolded. Were the north and south kingdoms of Egypt united through war, or through some diplomatic or otherwise peaceful means? We do not know, but we know that they were eventually united, and that some series of events precipitated their unity. 

Second, there is the truth of God, which functions as objectivity over topics that we would normally consider subjective. If God says that murder is wrong, it does not matter what twisted logic the murderer presents. It is as good as objectively true because the architect of all has declared it as such. 

This ultimately leads us to Interpersonal Subjectivity, which is the reality that most of us life in. 

We cannot force any sort of agreement about value-systems, morality, abstract principles which have to be followed.We have to have the same faith or principles in order to achieve this as there is no way to demonstrate this end. 

Perhaps even more poignantly, humans often cannot even agree on the facts. There are always conspiracies about whether data was covered up, manipulated, or not fully disclosed. There is also always the potential that the correlation of the events does not mean that there is necessarily the same cause behind them. 

All discussion in the world ends up actually functioning as interpersonally subjective even if objectively true things or moral things are being said. 

This functions as a sort of curse over human interaction. But it is also a blessing in the sense that it can also be the basis for liberty. 

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