The Loss of Objective Truth & Objective Morals

I was tempted to put this in the religious section but it seems more fitting to be in the man-made disaster forum. This video highlights what Oswald Spengler wrote nearly a century ago, that a declining society is first seen in art. The video talks about the loss of objective standards in art. The same is true in our society at large about the loss of objective truth and objective morals. I even see it among the religious groups.

In fashion today is that everything is subjective, e.g., that might be true for you but it is not true for me. Reason has been replaced with rationalization. What is the difference between subjective and objective? If something is subjective, it depends on you, the subject of the sentence, e.g., "I like vanilla ice cream best." If something is objective, it does not depend on the subject of the sentence, e.g., "I learned that vanilla is a bean." The fact that vanilla is a bean does not depend on "you."

It seems the very idea of objective truth and objective morals is inconceivable, if not strongly condemned today. This is clear in dealing with petulant and rebellious youth. They say, that is your opinion but not mine. Revealed here is what I call THE PERVERSION OF EQUALITY. Not all opinions are equal.

• If you are doubled over with stomach pain, a reasonable person would not value equally the advice of a gastrointestinal specialist with the advice from the local grocery store bag boy.
• We did not get to the moon by building consensus among a multiculturally diverse group of social justice warriors.
• Laser guided missile systems do not work because of the way you feel.
• A culture cannot be sustained by the wombs of other women.

The paradox is while we are surrounded by technology that works based on objective principles, pop culture embraces a totally subjective world view.Whatever direction I face, is true north - NOT! Tied to this is the bad education where high school student and young adults no not understand the difference between "assertion" from "argument" or "opinion" from "fact."

We cannot even identify what objective truth is or what objective morals are if we cannot humble ourselves, get past the glory we assign to our own subjective ego's and accept objective reality exists. Failing to identify objective reality is a disaster for not only the upcoming generation but our civilization.

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The Loss of Objective Truth & Objective Morals