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Gadamer, Objectivity, and the Ontology of Belonging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2010

Carroll Guen
Affiliation:
Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto

Extract

In everyday language, “objectivity” is an important normative term. It signifies that in our demeanour, in our judgments, in our attitudes, there is more at stake than just what we want in and of ourselves as isolated individuals. Whoever is called upon to moderate the presidential debate must be “objective”; that is, he or she must give each participant a fair hearing and fair treatment. It is not appropriate for such a moderator to take sides or to use the position to pay off personal scores. Now we know that this moderator will have his or her own personal political convictions, and that he or she may well dislike one, or both, of the candidates. However, we would all agree that this is not the time or the place to settle old scores. That would show a lack of “objectivity”.

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Copyright © Canadian Philosophical Association 1989

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