Is There a Point To Living a Moral Life?

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Their short-lived interest in metaphysics that led them to that conclusion is still a stain they can't remove from their allegedly empty lives

I'm not a nihilist (or am I? Beats me.), but I do play one on TV.

Perhaps you're aware that there a many forms of nihilism (metaphysical, moral, epistemological, ontological, metaphysical, etc). I'm not sure I'd want to try arguing that any were necessarily self-refuting - because they all depend on an *objective* source of intrinsic meaning / morality / knowledge / reality.

Also note that one can take a nihistic view (say, an existential one) without necessarily taking such a metaphysical position.

You'll have to forgive me if I'm reading too deeply between the lines - I've had a bit to drink and may be babbling.



It's that "objective" qualifier that buggers up the works.

Hah, touché. I mainly just had the "life has no meaning" crowd in mind. To me "nihilism" is synonymous with that sentence, which is obviously a stupid connection to make. I guess it's due to my lack of understanding of the word "nihilism" itself. It's not something I've heavily looked into clearly.

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I don't think a nihilist would say that the purpose of their life is to to tell people there is no such thing. At best, that'd be something they are affirming is true.

And thus, meaning was born; they are on this earth to carry that one belief around with them.

Bottom line is that whatever you have committed to believing/being *is* the meaning that your life has taken on. For a painter, mechanic and astronaut it's a rather trivial realisation, but for the nihilist...