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[-] Deme@sopuli.xyz 28 points 2 years ago

I know that this is a joke, but an actual nihilist would just say "ok then"

If they get down on their knees, cry and wet themselves, they are not a nihilist.

[-] SpookyOperative 19 points 2 years ago

I'm a nihilist and I don't think that's true whatsoever. At least to be a moral nihilist, it just means I don't believe in any metaethical framework (no "oughts")

Regardless of whether or not I think killing me would have or create some objectively bad property, I have an egotistical attachment to living, and of course I'm going to try to avoid it.

My ethics and my desires are related but different.

[-] essellburns@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago

Perfectly explained. Thank you.

People will ask moral nihilists and similar folk who take that view what stops them from doing all kinds of harmful things to themselves and others.

Like they don't quite understand that there's no desire to rob or murder people and that's reason enough.

[-] Deme@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Fair enough. That last point is definitely a good one.

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