{"id":4944,"date":"2021-06-18T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=4944"},"modified":"2022-05-07T23:23:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T23:23:27","slug":"looking-at-kirk-kanzelbergers-essay-2020-reality-and-the-meaning-of-evil-part-8-of-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=4944","title":{"rendered":"Looking at Kirk Kanzelberger&#8217;s Essay (2020) &#8220;Reality and the Meaning of Evil&#8221; (Part 8 of 18)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0034 On the situation level, animals prepare to act<sub>2b<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In contrast, humans generate phantasms<sub>2b<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;What does the thing or event<sub>2a<\/sub>&nbsp;mean to me<sub>3b<\/sub>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0035 But, I am not alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, moral meaning plays out in my phantasm<sub>2b<\/sub>. The objective object<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;may not necessarily trigger action.&nbsp;&nbsp;But, it<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;activates a moral order.&nbsp;&nbsp;It triggers an intersubjective being<sub>2b<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On one hand,&nbsp;<em>the intersubjective being<sub>2b<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;is contiguous with&nbsp;<em>the objective mind-dependent being<sub>2b<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;and may be willing to face&nbsp;<em>the test of suprasubjectivity<sub>1c<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A phantasm<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;will not suffer privation, when its intersubjective reality<sub>1b<\/sub>&nbsp;seeks to be contextualized by suprasubjective potential<sub>1c<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, a phantasm<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;may be stated as blather<sub>2a<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Instead of facing the test of suprasubjectivity<sub>1c<\/sub>, the phantasm<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;comes out as an event, a statement<sub>2a<\/sub>, that seeks to be objectified<sub>1b<\/sub>&nbsp;as agreement<sub>1a<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Agreement<sub>1a<\/sub>&nbsp;coordinates perceptions<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;and appears to support an intersubjective reality<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;that does not need to face the test of suprasubjectivity<sub>1c<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After all, if we all agree<sub>1a<\/sub>, it<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;must be true<sub>1c<\/sub>, doesn&#8217;t it<sub>2b<\/sub>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This phantasm<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;suffers privation, because intersubjective reality<sub>1b<\/sub>&nbsp;should be elevated to its suprasubjective potential<sub>1c<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, it<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;seeks agreement<sub>1a<\/sub>, through its own expression<sub>2a<\/sub>, in the presence of others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The observer plans to go to law school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0036 The graduate student, in some capacity (remember, alcohol is consumed at these parties), knows this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, inadvertently, &#8220;he&#8221; brings&nbsp;<em>what the observer says to generate agreement<sub>1a<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;into the suprasubjective realm<sub>1c<\/sub>, by questioning &#8220;her&#8221; opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0037 Here is a picture of the resulting judgment<sub>2c<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/04-reality.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/04-reality.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/04-reality.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/04-reality-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0034 On the situation level, animals prepare to act2b. In contrast, humans generate phantasms2b.&nbsp;&nbsp;What does the thing or event2a&nbsp;mean to me3b? 0035 But, I am not alone. Therefore, moral meaning plays out in my phantasm2b. The objective object2b&nbsp;may not necessarily trigger action.&nbsp;&nbsp;But, it2b&nbsp;activates a moral order.&nbsp;&nbsp;It triggers an intersubjective being2b. 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