RE: Nihilistic Murderer
March 6, 2015 at 10:25 pm
(This post was last modified: March 6, 2015 at 10:27 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
(March 6, 2015 at 12:42 pm)Faith No More Wrote: The value we place is an illusion in the sense that it isn't tangible or objective, but that doesn't mean the value we place itself is meaningless.If value is not tangible and objective, then from the perspective of ontological naturalism, it is meaningless, in the same way that consciousness is according to ontological naturalism a causally inert epiphenomena.
(March 6, 2015 at 4:14 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: No, I don't think that anything is meaningful. Not in the long term certainly. I don't find this to be depressing though. It actually makes some things sort of funnier than they would be otherwise. I was far more prone to depression before I became a nihilist. Although I could certainly see how it would be depressing to many people.That is exactly how I felt when I was an atheist! It is a calm an honest assessment of an absurd reality.
