tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post2291689887010331064..comments2024-03-27T20:37:09.185-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Praise and relativismAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-69681048258242047292009-07-07T04:44:15.285-05:002009-07-07T04:44:15.285-05:00Hello,
Pardon the off-topic nature of my comment,...Hello,<br /><br />Pardon the off-topic nature of my comment, but seeing as no one has replied yet, I'd like to know your thoughts on this question, if you have time. Since in this post you talk about "objective" and "subjective", I'd like to know what you make of this "trilemma". I'm pretty sure someone has thought about this in-depth before, but I can't find where.<br /><br />Let S be a proposition that many would regard as subjectively true e.g. "Steve Martin is funnier than Bill Cosby" or "coffee tastes better than tea". Would God hold beliefs like S? Does he have "opinions"?<br /><br />Consider 3 options -<br /><br />(a) God holds beliefs like S, and they're objectively true. But these types of propositions seem inherently subjective.<br /><br />(b) God holds beliefs like S, but they're only subjectively true. But it seems to me that if God has such beliefs, they must be objectively true in light of being held by God. <br /><br />(c) God has no beliefs like S, because he only believes objective propositions. But it seems a bit strange to think that God shouldn't also have such opinions, since we do. <br /><br />I know I haven't formulated the question as rigorously as I could've, but I hope you get the idea. I'm not sure how to answer this. Maybe we need to distinguish between what's objective and subjective (on a case-by-case basis)? I'm pretty sure some aesthetic/moral propositions are objectively true e.g. "Mozart's music sounds better than nails on a blackboard", "St. Paul was more righteous than Hitler", "C. S. Lewis was a good writer" etc.<br /><br />Would you be so kind as to share your thoughts? Thanks.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16606008457456457384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-23216532194514318202009-07-06T09:04:31.140-05:002009-07-06T09:04:31.140-05:00"objectively correct praise" should be, ..."objectively correct praise" should be, simply, "praise"Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.com