The Absurd
In other words, in ordinary life we interact with others socially, politically and economically. And, so, as a "for all practical purposes" consequence of that, we can find ourselves in situations where, based on our own rooted subjectively in dasein moral convictions, we come to judge the convictions of others as absurd.In ordinary life, to be sure, we do not judge a situation absurd unless we have in mind some standards of seriousness, significance, or harmony with which the absurd can be contrasted.
For example, some here insist it would be absurd to reelect Donald Trump to the White House in 2024. Others, however, insist it would be absurd for Jack Smith to recommend to the Justice Department that Donald Trump be indicted on criminal charges.
But that is entirely different from the manner in which the absurd is understood by those like me. From my frame of mind, value judgments related to Trump are derived existentially. And in a No God world there appear to be no fonts mere mortals can turn to in order to establish whether all rational and virtuous men and women are obligated "categorically and imperatively" to oppose either Trump's campaign or Trump's indictment.
No, absurdity for the moral nihilists of my ilk rests on the assumption that human interactions themselves are essentially meaningless ontologically and essentially purposeless teleologically. And that whatever the outcome for Trump, each of us one by one tumbles over into the abyss that is oblivion.
From the cradle to the grave we are all Sisyphus. Our lives themselves being that "immense boulder".
Then "intellectually" whatever this...
...means.This contrast is not implied by the philosophical judgment of absurdity, and that might be though to make the concept unsuitable for the expression of such judgments. This is not so, however, for the philosophical judgment depends on another contrast which makes it a natural extension from more ordinary cases. It departs from them only in contrasting the pretensions of life with a larger context in which no standards can be discovered, rather than with a context from which alternative, overriding standards may be applied.
So, what does it mean to you, Mr. Serious Philosopher?
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