Both Objectivism and Subjectivism hold that there is a mind-independant reality; that we have an internal awarness (mind) and an external environment (independant reality). Objectivism says that all that there is to know about an object is inherent to the object. On the other hand, Subjectivism says that there is more to know about an object that is independant of the object (personal experience). So how do we determine if something is good or not? Objectively or Subjectively?
Furthermore, how does God see good; Subjectively or Objectively? Genesis 1:31 summerizes God's perspective on all that He had made; "God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good".
"Is something 'good' because of an inherent quality of 'goodess' (Objectivism)...[which is difficult if not impossible to determine] or because it is conventionally considered 'good' (Subjectivism)... [in which case there can be no absolute standards of goodness]. If God declares something good because it is good, then [it's goodness] is beyond the range of His power; If goodness is the result of a divine edict, then it is arbitrary" ---A world of Ideas. Chris Rohmann.
So did God step back and notice that everything He made was inherently good OR did He declare by His Divine Sovereignty that everything was good? Furthermore if everything was good, and God made everything, then where did evil come from?
Saturday, November 3, 2007
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