Is Moral Nihilism a Morality?

[vulcanlogician]

Error Theory is a form of cognitivism ... and that's why I don't think it can be truly nihilistic. I think that all forms of nihilism about X must necessarily be noncognitivist about X otherwise it's not empty enough to be nihilistic.

So, okay. Error theory is cognitivist. We're on the same page there. But I don't get why nihilists must be noncognitivists in your conception. It seems arbitrary really.

Error theorists think that

1) moral statements express beliefs (cognitivism)

and

2) all such beliefs are necessarily false (nihilism)

We must not be defining nihilism differently.

My definition of moral nihilism: belief that there are no moral features in the world. To me noncognitivists and error theorists fit under this umbrella.

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