"If you have a finite point and it has no infinite reference point, then that finite point is absurd" This vierw from Sartre is, I think, a valid one. We find value in our (and other's) existence from a transcendent, absolute (infinite) value, since things in themselves have no meaning, apart from the meaning we might (or might not) give them.
For a naturalist, a pragmatic value based on a quid pro quo relationship might suffice. We allow the freedoms/rights/respect in other that we desire for ourselves. So much more could be said about the necessity of law in freedom, but I think you are already in sync with that line of thought. Thanks, Ben, for sharing and stretching my mind.
Oh yes, I very intentionally sidestepped a lot in this series for the sake of brevity. Quick thought on humility: are my beliefs about a person more important than that person? Do I consider them as such?
"If you have a finite point and it has no infinite reference point, then that finite point is absurd" This vierw from Sartre is, I think, a valid one. We find value in our (and other's) existence from a transcendent, absolute (infinite) value, since things in themselves have no meaning, apart from the meaning we might (or might not) give them.
firemansvfd 4 years ago
For a naturalist, a pragmatic value based on a quid pro quo relationship might suffice. We allow the freedoms/rights/respect in other that we desire for ourselves. So much more could be said about the necessity of law in freedom, but I think you are already in sync with that line of thought. Thanks, Ben, for sharing and stretching my mind.
firemansvfd 4 years ago
Oh yes, I very intentionally sidestepped a lot in this series for the sake of brevity. Quick thought on humility: are my beliefs about a person more important than that person? Do I consider them as such?
TheCarruths 4 years ago