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Aesthetics

Aesthetics is the study of art and axiology is the study of beauty. A while ago I had relized that reality is fundamentally about limits and I wondered if that meant that the universe was therefore unreal. As I was thinking about this I realized that the universe considered as a whole is imaginary/unreal but the objects in the universe (stars, planets etc.)are definitive and real. You're welcome.

The Metaphysics of The Affordable Care Act

The metaphysics of the affordable care act is about choice/choices/free will. The Affordable Care Act holds out the promise that when enacted the act will obviate the need for making tough decisions about one's health care. This would be true if determinism (the fantasy that there is no such thing as free will and that everyone's behavior is determined by forces beyond their control.) were true but determinism is false by the evidence of our senses. Because we have free will we will have to make decisions. Sometimes tough decisions. Since free will is real and reality is omniscent, omnipresent and omnipotent it cannot be wished away by an arbitrary statute. Post-Affordable Care Act one will still have to make tough decisions about one's health care with the only difference being the variables. One cannot have one's cake and eat it too no matter what the idealistic pretend. You're welcome.

The Standard of The Objective Standard

At the end of the current issue of The Objective Standard: "The Objective Standard is a quarterly journal of culture and politics written from an objectivist perspective...The journal is based on the idea that for every human concern - from personal matters to foreign policy, from the sciences to the arts, from education to legislation - there are demonstrably objective standards by reference to which we can assess what is true or false, good or bad, right or wrong. The purpose of the journal is to analyze and evaluate ideas, trends, events and policies accordingly." www.theobjectivestandard.com First, the idea that everything can be referenced to objective standards is not an "objectivist perspective" but philosophical truth. Secondly, and therefore, Objectivism is subjective and all of the articles that rely on "objectivist principles" are equally subjective and running counter to the stated basis of the journal. If Mr. Biddle (the editor) and ...