I don’t just find it unsettling or just an idea I don’t like - I
hate this idea.
Why? Because it actually renders everything, anywhere, ultimately arbitrary.
Can you say there isn’t an underlying truth in the perspective of the anti-vaxxer?
Can you say there isn’t an underlying truth in the perspective of the pedophile?
Can you say there isn’t an underlying truth in the perspective of the flat earther?
According to Kant… well, you can’t completely. The logical consequences of this, if fully realized, would annihilate society.
It would seem in Kant’s view that Nobody, ultimately, has any right to pronounce objective truths on anything. Not even basic ones like “you shouldn’t kill the innocent.” That’s just a reflection of your own personal reality that has no inherent value over someone else’s reality.
Why? Because it actually renders everything, anywhere, ultimately arbitrary.
Can you say there isn’t an underlying truth in the perspective of the anti-vaxxer?
Can you say there isn’t an underlying truth in the perspective of the pedophile?
Can you say there isn’t an underlying truth in the perspective of the flat earther?
According to Kant… well, you can’t completely. The logical consequences of this, if fully realized, would annihilate society.
It would seem in Kant’s view that Nobody, ultimately, has any right to pronounce objective truths on anything. Not even basic ones like “you shouldn’t kill the innocent.” That’s just a reflection of your own personal reality that has no inherent value over someone else’s reality.