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Originally Posted by HarryT
I really must, with the greatest respect, disagree with you. Would you accept that there's such a thing as a bad book? (eg a book which is poorly-written). If one can objectively say that a book is bad, can one not also objectively say that a book is good? I believe one can. That's a different thing to saying that I personally enjoy a book: that is indeed a subjectively judgement.
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No, I wouldn't accept that there's such a thing as a "bad book"--at least in the sense that *everyone* considers it a "bad book". Of course, there are books that I consider "bad books" that you and others consider "good books", just like there are books that I consider "good books" that you and others consider to be "bad books".
What I am saying is there is
no such thing as a universal judgement of value...that's why the word "judgement" is in there. As long as one person disagrees with the opinion (note that "opinion" also connotes subjectivity) then it can not be universal.
Shari