(October 17, 2013 at 3:26 pm)Chas Wrote:(October 17, 2013 at 2:37 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: So the de-nihilists, atheists who deny that they are nihilists, must, if they are to be taken seriously, show that their favored ethical system is ultimately supported by something other than pure chance.
No, I don't.
My ethical system is based on evolved feelings of empathy, sympathy, fairness, self-interest and on reason.
I'm not sure if you mean based on sentiments which we've evolved as a species or which you individually have come to hold. Probably a mixture of the two, but I don't know and I don't care. I value my values because they're the ones that move me. That doesn't mean I never engage in self reflection. But I'm not holding out for any objective approval for my moral behavior for I don't think there is any to be had.