RE: Any Nihilists here?
August 23, 2023 at 8:41 am
(This post was last modified: August 23, 2023 at 8:47 am by FrustratedFool.)
@Belacqua
Is nuking Paris for fun bad?
It seems to me there is no way to ground morality in anything other than a subjective assessment by an agent, thus it has no objective quality, there is no correct answer as it isn't really a T/F statement asking about reality.
You saying that nuking Laris for fun cannot be good is simply the same as you saying that you feel a strong internal repugnant against the act and against calling it good. The moral language game is just a sophisticated and linguistically embedded discussion of personal preferences and emotions. One person likes chocolate, another likes vanilla, another likes nuking cities, another doesn't.
It's all just feels. Very strong commonly shared feels. But ultimately just feels.
Is nuking Paris for fun bad?
It seems to me there is no way to ground morality in anything other than a subjective assessment by an agent, thus it has no objective quality, there is no correct answer as it isn't really a T/F statement asking about reality.
You saying that nuking Laris for fun cannot be good is simply the same as you saying that you feel a strong internal repugnant against the act and against calling it good. The moral language game is just a sophisticated and linguistically embedded discussion of personal preferences and emotions. One person likes chocolate, another likes vanilla, another likes nuking cities, another doesn't.
It's all just feels. Very strong commonly shared feels. But ultimately just feels.