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Originally Posted by Altair
When you live in a time where most people die from a simple disease, or a time where nearly half of your population dies from the black desth, many people having to bury their family members and seeing nothing but death, sadness and destruction you can certainly notice some times are better to live than others. This isn’t really “subjective”, perhaps on a case by case (person by person) level but we can globally or regionally definitely objectively compare and judge. For some groups the modern times or any other time is better or worse compared to some other time, etc.
I don’t think it helps humanity to be completely relativist about things. I’m glad there are people doing the right thing.. making a difference, coming up with solutions to problems. Things get better when people actively make it so, that’s what doctors, scientists do, that’s what societies favouring certain values do. Things aren’t the same everywhere nor are they equally good or beneficial..
Bad things happen in this world and in society when good people do nothing..
Fatalism, extreme relativism, solipsism.. these are of no use to humanity..
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Why is it all about humanity though? What about the rest of the world? We are not the world, and what harms us may benefit another. How do you know otherwise? This isn't just fatalism, this is acknowledgment of our human limits.
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