[split] Are Questions About God Important?

[Ahriman]

This simply pushes the question back: why should I care about human flourishing?

The only answer is because I care for my own interest - so just cut out the middle-man and ask what do I prefer.  Hence ethics is just my personal preference.  It just so happens that I prefer, generally, human flourishing for my own best interest (whether practical or emotional).

Ethics boils down to preference and then expediency (what best accomplishes my desires).  Anything else is pointless addition or rhetoric.

I can safely say I would prefer the opposite of human flourishing, because that would suit my interests. I'm sure there are not too many people who would agree with my stance on this. But less humans means less competition. It also means a more managable population, in terms of building an ideal society.