You seemed incredulous that Faust did not think it was coherent. Then you defined it. If you don’t think your definition is the right one why is it your definition? I could understand you saying you are not sure if it is the right one, but to define X and they say that your definition of X is not one you think is right means that you are just wasting people’s time.
Sure. But if we don’t even know what ‘it’ is how could we possibly explore it contextually out in the world of human activities.
A: I don’t think alskdjflaölös is coherent.
Iamb: give us some concrete examples of alskdjflaölös.
A: huh?
Iamb: I think alskdjflaölös means Y. And why is no one applying it to concrete real world examples?
[pause]
Iamb: I don’t believe my definition of alskdjflaölös is right. But I want people to talk about alskdjflaölös in the world of conflicting goods.
A, B, C…etc.: huh?
Well, if Faust thinks the phrase makes no sense, he can’t. There are a few people who don’t think the phrase makes sense. Zero Sum does think it makes sense and he gave an example. For what it’s worth.
Right, if it is not considered coherent by others, that means they don’t understand what it means. So there is no how it is understood that can then be explored in via concrete examples.
You could acknowledge this, apologize to Faust for your humbler than thou irrelevent insults and then ask the minority of people here who think it makes sense how they would apply it in concrete situations.
Of course this would be a tangent. It’s not what the OP was about. This is your concern. It’s a good one, but as usual you try to move every thread into becoming one of the threads of yours people avoid. Which you may interpret as their great fear of nihilism. Might be that. Might be something else. Might vary.
But your interaction carries the weight of ‘should’, over and over. It should be talked about it like this, relating it to conflicting goods.
Despite your hypothetical nihilism.
Notice your use of the passive: it needs…
It doesn’t need. You want.
Why hide in the passive? Why present your desire as objective need?
[please consider that question rhetorical. not in the sense that I know the answer or that we do, but rather that you are being disingenuous…for some reason or other]