What is Objective Truth
The objective truth is a truth that exists regardless of your own perception. Therefore, removing the thinker, doesn't change the truth.
The bases of beliefs
Objective truth should be your only belief. Without it, you can think that your subjective view is true. Which, it most likely isn't.
Do some people not believe in an objective truth?
Yes, plenty. Most don't understand that they do not.
The belief in an objective truth is all that is needed?
No. You also need logical consistency. Which means that if x = y, and y = k, therefore x = k. This means you cannot have two thoughts that contradict each other.
Examples?
I believe violence is wrong and should be eliminated! Violence includes kidnaping and caging someone. Government uses violence to attain financing.... but we want government??? See the contradictions?
OR
Government is good. Government is a necessary evil. Again, contradictions.
OR
Murder is wrong... The military overseas are honorable men. Because they wear a funny looking outfit, murder is than honorable?
Can I believe in an objective truth and think you are wrong?
No. If two people believe in an objective truth, they cannot disagree with each other. If they do, they both cannot believe in an objective truth. They can, for example, agree that they don't have enough evidence to have enough confidence to know the truth, they can agree that they haven't shared each other's evidence yet, they can say that the confidence threshold are different. They can say that they haven't shared all the evidence towards the weights of evidence and keep going deeper still. They cannot disagree. If they believe in an objective truth, they would only seek evidence until the confidence threshold is reached.
Does this solve everything?
Not that I know of, I don't have enough evidence to answer that. However, so far it does a pretty good job in resolving conflicts using evidence.
What is the alternative to an objective truth?
Unicorns and gods. Basicly using a subjective truth leads to many beliefs... none based on reality or truth. Even though you might believe it as truth. If it requires a belief, it is most likely wrong. All war, religious hate, racism, and so on all come from false beliefs.
Can believing in an objective truth be also wrong?
Absolutely, but given the alternatives, this should be the only exception to the rule that beliefs are all wrong. Many just say that an objective reality (objective truth) is a fact, therefore, this is not an exception to the rule. However, if this was so, there wouldn't be an alternative. So I simply accept this as an exception to the rule.
Summery:
- Believing in a truth outside of you.
- Striving for logical consistency and a high threshold for evidence.
- Knowing all beliefs can and usually are wrong, except for the belief in an objective truth.