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JUDGMENT
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
We focus on the Good in this thread.
The Bad is measured against the Good after all.
And the Ugly is measured against Beauty, but Beauty is not our topic.
Our topic is the Good.
And so our topic is judgment, as indicated by the capitalized heading above.
Specifically, judgment of the Good.
We probably use the word "good" more than any other word in the language.
Let us assume we know what we're saying when we use the word "good."
That will be our only assumption going in.
Now, in the most general sense, when we use the word "good" we express approval, approbation.
That is the subjective sense of the word.
But our approval or approbation is always based on something in, or something about, the object of approval or approbation.
This is the objective sense of the word.
Please Note: Whereas all judgment is subjective in origin, i.e., whereas all judgment originates in a subjectivity, judgment must refer to something objective.
Judgment that is altogether subjective, or strictly subjective, or only subjective, and without objective content, is either solipsistic or psychotic.
If your philosophical view of judgment does not allow for objectivity, then your are either a solipsist or a psyhotic
When we say:
Select a good egg for the recipe.
The Volvo is a good car.
Peter is a good carpenter.
Paul is a good chess player.
Washington was a good president.
When we use the word "good" in the ways illustrated aboce, in addition to the subjective approval or approbation conveyed, we mean that there are objective qualities that receive our subjective approval or approbation.
When we say:
This is a good cow,
This is a good horse.
That is a good frog.
That is a good timber wolf.
When we use the word "good" in these ways, we mean that the objects of approbation are good examples or exemplars or specimens or kinds of whatever they are, and the approbation is based on objective qualities possessed by these living things.
Now, when we say:
He is a good man.
She is a good woman.
So-and-so is a good human being.
When we use the word "good" in these ways, what is the objective quality, or what are the objective qualities, that we refer to in our approbation?
GOOD AT and GOOD REASON FOR
How do considerations of objective good figure into our use of these expressions?
What do we mean when we say that someone is good at something?
What do we mean when we say that we have good reason to do something, or a better reason to do this rather than that?
PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE THE ENTIRE OP ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE THREAD.
CONSERVE BANDWIDTH
BE CONSIDERATE.
JUDGMENT
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
We focus on the Good in this thread.
The Bad is measured against the Good after all.
And the Ugly is measured against Beauty, but Beauty is not our topic.
Our topic is the Good.
And so our topic is judgment, as indicated by the capitalized heading above.
Specifically, judgment of the Good.
We probably use the word "good" more than any other word in the language.
Let us assume we know what we're saying when we use the word "good."
That will be our only assumption going in.
Now, in the most general sense, when we use the word "good" we express approval, approbation.
That is the subjective sense of the word.
But our approval or approbation is always based on something in, or something about, the object of approval or approbation.
This is the objective sense of the word.
Please Note: Whereas all judgment is subjective in origin, i.e., whereas all judgment originates in a subjectivity, judgment must refer to something objective.
Judgment that is altogether subjective, or strictly subjective, or only subjective, and without objective content, is either solipsistic or psychotic.
If your philosophical view of judgment does not allow for objectivity, then your are either a solipsist or a psyhotic
When we say:
Select a good egg for the recipe.
The Volvo is a good car.
Peter is a good carpenter.
Paul is a good chess player.
Washington was a good president.
When we use the word "good" in the ways illustrated aboce, in addition to the subjective approval or approbation conveyed, we mean that there are objective qualities that receive our subjective approval or approbation.
When we say:
This is a good cow,
This is a good horse.
That is a good frog.
That is a good timber wolf.
When we use the word "good" in these ways, we mean that the objects of approbation are good examples or exemplars or specimens or kinds of whatever they are, and the approbation is based on objective qualities possessed by these living things.
Now, when we say:
He is a good man.
She is a good woman.
So-and-so is a good human being.
When we use the word "good" in these ways, what is the objective quality, or what are the objective qualities, that we refer to in our approbation?
GOOD AT and GOOD REASON FOR
How do considerations of objective good figure into our use of these expressions?
What do we mean when we say that someone is good at something?
What do we mean when we say that we have good reason to do something, or a better reason to do this rather than that?
PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE THE ENTIRE OP ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE THREAD.
CONSERVE BANDWIDTH
BE CONSIDERATE.