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[filed under theme 22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / d. Subjective value
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Full Idea
Every good is essentially relative, for it has its essential nature only in its relation to a desiring will.
Gist of Idea
Every good is essentially relative, for it has its essential nature only in its relation to a desiring will
Source
Arthur Schopenhauer (The World as Will and Idea [1819], IV.65)
Book Ref
Schopenhauer,Arthur: 'The World as Will and Idea', ed/tr. Berman,Jill and David [Everyman 1995], p.224
A Reaction
A nice way of stating the core of moral relativism. To me, though, it just seems a rejection of morality. Conflicting wills bring moral paralysis. Might is right.
The
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[values arising from a human perspective]:
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20847
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The appraiser's value is what is set by someone experienced in the facts
[Stoic school, by Diog. Laertius]
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6677
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Imagination creates beauty, justice and happiness, which is the supreme good
[Pascal]
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4845
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We don't want things because they are good; we judge things to be good because we want them
[Spinoza]
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9749
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Our rational choices confer value, arising from the sense that we ourselves are important
[Kant, by Korsgaard]
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Values are created by human choices, and are not some intrinsic quality, out there
[Kant, by Berlin]
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22023
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Fichte's idea of spontaneity implied that nothing counts unless we give it status
[Fichte, by Pinkard]
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Every good is essentially relative, for it has its essential nature only in its relation to a desiring will
[Schopenhauer]
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We always assign values, but we may not value those values
[Nietzsche]
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20370
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All evaluation is from some perspective, and aims at survival
[Nietzsche]
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20354
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The ruling drives of our culture all want to be the highest court of our values
[Nietzsche]
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22228
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Sartre's freedom is not for whimsical action, but taking responsibility for our own values
[Sartre, by Daigle]
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3852
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If values depend on us, freedom is the foundation of all values
[Sartre]
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It is by caring about things that we infuse the world with importance
[Frankfurt]
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If you don't care about at least one thing, you can't find reasons to care about anything
[Frankfurt]
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Emotions are our life force, and the source of most of our values
[Solomon]
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Aesthetic judgements necessarily require first-hand experience, unlike moral judgements
[Gardner]
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