RE: Nihilism
December 19, 2010 at 6:55 pm
(This post was last modified: December 20, 2010 at 3:18 am by lrh9.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihilism
Existential nihilism and moral nihilism aren't the same thing, but they probably go hand in hand as it were.
I'm a nihilist because I think that objective purpose and morality don't exist. It's that simple.
Subjective morality is merely the expression of personal desires.
How do we cope with destructive people? In different ways. Note that moral realists can't avoid this problem either.
Claiming there is an objective morality has always had questionable efficacy of saving anyone from "evil" or ensuring "right prevails".
At least as often as someone who is "immoral" is defeated, someone who is "moral" is victimized. "Morality" seems rather useless when you think about it.
Existential nihilism and moral nihilism aren't the same thing, but they probably go hand in hand as it were.
I'm a nihilist because I think that objective purpose and morality don't exist. It's that simple.
Subjective morality is merely the expression of personal desires.
How do we cope with destructive people? In different ways. Note that moral realists can't avoid this problem either.
Claiming there is an objective morality has always had questionable efficacy of saving anyone from "evil" or ensuring "right prevails".
At least as often as someone who is "immoral" is defeated, someone who is "moral" is victimized. "Morality" seems rather useless when you think about it.
