GrumpyG on Nostr: I believe that's why they were described by the founders as "self-evident". We all ...

I believe that's why they were described by the founders as "self-evident".

We all perceive when those rights have been violated, which is how even though we can't describe the source in physical terms, we know they exist. Sometimes we have to perceive the opposite of a thing in order to recognize it.

A fish doesn't know it's in water until it finds air.

As an example, i remember being taught that animals don't have emotions. That it's my personification of the animal that gives me that idea.

Anyone with a pet can tell you how foolish that notion is. Similar to the metaphysical, the emotions exist. That's objective. Not subjective.

Another way this is expressed is through language. The utterance of a word is unique to cultures, but the word itself, as well as the emotion and relationship it represents, exists across the board. Every language has a word for "that thing". Or a word for fairness, honor, sacred. The word doesn't make it so. It exists in the metaphysical. The word each culture uses is just an acknowledgement of its reality.

This is how we know the metaphysical isn't just subjective.