RE: Is Moral Nihilism a Morality?
May 13, 2019 at 12:50 pm
(This post was last modified: May 13, 2019 at 12:51 pm by Alan V.)
(May 13, 2019 at 8:33 am)Gae Bolga Wrote:(May 12, 2019 at 2:36 pm)Alan V Wrote: Well, let's say someone just became and atheist and wanted to investigate alternative ethical systems to get away from theistic morality. Per Wikipedia, he has a range of choices including nihilism:
Ethical theories that can be naturalistic
Cultural relativism and nihilism posit that each one of those systems is a farce. I was wondering where a person who thinks that all morality is arbitrary looks to get their moral propositions. I know they have them, lol.
(all ethical theories are "naturalistic")
Actually, nihilism falls under the category of moral skepticism. So if nihilism says each one of these systems is a farce, then it is self-refuting.
That opens the door for nihilists to consider alternative perspectives.
