Oh are we using caps now? Okay.
IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THE UNIVERSE, YOUR EXISTENCE IS MEANINGLESS. WHY DO YOU EXERT EFFORT TO KEEP YOURSELF ALIVE IF A SINGLE HUMAN LIFE HAS NO MEANING OR BEARING ON ANYTHING OF SCALE?
EXISTENTIAL NIHILISM
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Oh are we using caps now? Okay.
IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THE UNIVERSE, YOUR EXISTENCE IS MEANINGLESS. WHY DO YOU EXERT EFFORT TO KEEP YOURSELF ALIVE IF A SINGLE HUMAN LIFE HAS NO MEANING OR BEARING ON ANYTHING OF SCALE?
EXISTENTIAL NIHILISM
No it doesn't mean that they should commit that, but it does mean that on any given day if you asked them "What is your purpose in life?" or "What gives your life purpose?" And "What do you derive meaning from..." their answer will always be "nothing" if they are a true nihilist.
If you do not recognize why this is closely associated with suicidal contemplation, i dont know what to tell you.
Yup hardcore nihilist/relativist/post-modernist here (I think they all go hand in hand).
For you all talking about, why don't you just kill yourself then, well the world is infinite (word to absolute infinity). Killing yourself would do no good. There are an infinite amount of you's existing at the same time. Killing yourself will not fix anything
For all you talking about nihilists not being moral, well that's just not true. The golden rule still applies. If you care about nothing, you use logic. I know what it's like to get hurt, so I'm not going to hurt you. I don't care about anything really, but that doesn't give me a free pass to go hurt people. Though there is ultimately no "right" or "wrong," logic still prevails.
this thread is wiiild. 
Define scale
You're trying to validate belief in a dead jewish prophet with radical hair
For all you talking about nihilists not being moral, well that's just not true. The golden rule still applies. If you care about nothing, you use logic. I know what it's like to get hurt, so I'm not going to hurt you. I don't care about anything really, but that doesn't give me a free pass to go hurt people. Though there is ultimately no "right" or "wrong," logic still prevails.
Actually, it does, if it is the optimum choice in your interpretation of morality
Morality in nihilism does not expand beyond the scope of a single individual because it cannot.
What's right for you may be wrong for me, but its the moral choice for because its right for you. There is no intrinsic, broadly accepted code of ethics in nihilism, because there cannot be by definition.
A lot of moral nihilist i talk to ascribe to a utilitarian code of ethics. They have some overlap, but at the end of the day they are not the same thing.
Correct if i'm wrong, but I think you probably fall into that boat.
You're trying to validate belief in a dead jewish prophet with radical hair
Did you click on the wrong post? I haven't mentioned Messianic Judaism or Christianity in this thread.
Perhaps. What's good for the majority of people is logical. So, I guess you could call me a utilitarian, but I always have lived by the golden rule. However, I see your point. There is some overlap there.
but i know what you're doing
You're trying to find a reason to live your life but you're not satisfied with the answers.
Perhaps. What's good for the majority of people is logical. So, I guess you could call me a utilitarian, but I always have lived by the golden rule. However, I see your point. There is some overlap there.
Nothing wrong with that honestly. Utilitarianism is possibly the most utilized code of ethics during wartime for obvious reasons.
I have no problem with utilitarians. I have different beliefs, but I respect utilitarians because they operate on consistent logic. Whatever is best for the maximum amount of people holds the greatest moral value.
but i know what you're doing
You're trying to find a reason to live your life but you're not satisfied with the answers.
Nah, the only thing I'm trying to find is my usb charger for my phone. shyt is at 4% and falling
Time out....are some of you in here seriously implying that nihilism is one concrete doctrine?
Some of you cats are having psdeuo-intellectual takes on it by implying that multiple forms of nihilism doesn't exist. Nihilism is merely an umbrella philosophical doctrine, just like most philosophical doctrines that exist.
Not all nihilists are a monolith.
A nihilist can in theory, care about things in this world and still not believe anything in life has any intrinsic meaning attached to it's existence.
Some of you seriously need to read up or talk to your philosophy professor or teacher, if you think there's one school of thought regarding nihilism that is universally adhered to.
For example, someone can just be a true nihilist by having a meta-ethic view of morality - basically having the belief that noting is intrinsically immoral or moral. That's subscribing to moral nihilism.
Some of you cats are having psdeuo-intellectual takes on it by implying that multiple forms of nihilism doesn't exist. Nihilism is merely an umbrella philosophical doctrine, just like most philosophical doctrines that exist.
Not all nihilists are a monolith.
A nihilist can in theory, care about things in this world and still not believe anything in life has any intrinsic meaning attached to it's existence.
Some of you seriously need to read up or talk to your philosophy professor or teacher, if you think there's one school of thought regarding nihilism that is universally adhered to.
For example, someone can just be a true nihilist by having a meta-ethic view of morality - basically having the belief that noting is intrinsically immoral or moral. That's subscribing to moral nihilism.
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