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Devil's advocate for why ontology is meaningless and vacuous.

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Devil's advocate for why ontology is meaningless and vacuous.
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RE: Devil's advocate for why ontology is meaningless and vacuous.
September 6, 2016 at 11:59 am
(September 6, 2016 at 10:23 am)Arkilogue Wrote: Well since the universe built Man, is there anything in natural law that would lend itself to a moral compass? Like a magnetic reaction for every electric action? Is there uprightness in polarity?

Nope.

Morality is essentially arbitrary. Sure, you could pick some natural something or other and follow it, but that choice is subjective. And pretty pointless, really. Why would you try and emulate nature rather than thinking for yourself?
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RE: Devil's advocate for why ontology is meaningless and vacuous. - by robvalue - September 6, 2016 at 11:59 am

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