Moral Nihilist Psychology

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Education

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• moral
• nihilism
• psychology
• philosophy

[Mementomori690069]

I like to call myself a moral-skeptic. But I agree with you most moral-nihilist are pricks.

[tpsisokayiguess]

I believe that most nihilists are existentialists.

Which brings the whole debate back to a semantical discussion. Which is okay too, I guess.

[codester1111]

I was led to the extreme form of nihilism, extensional. I don't understand why people would be condescending if they are supposedly nihilists...I can see why nihilists want to destroy the world by the use of reason. An understanding of evolution alone, in part, led me to realize how are lives exist upon a bloody, harsh, judgmental, and wasteful means.Attempts at being "good" mean nothing, survival is life's "goal". So nihilism for me is an attempt to block that reality out.

[MyContext]

I think everyone is a moral nihilist, although many won't claim that label. We can then add based on the appropriate match of moral notions.

So it seems that I am a moral nihilist /non-cognitivist/(maybe others) but not an objective moralist...  Ahhh...the clarity of labels...LOL

The best notion of morals that I have heard articulated: TheoreticalBullShit: Moral Treatise Has minor issues, but for me -supportable.

I am looking for something better, if anyone happens to find/know of one.

[MyContext]

Ugly, conflict of personalities... Guy A: I only care about the true. Guy B: I care about the truth, but how its said is REALLY important. I must admit I vacillate depending on my emotional balance. If I focus on the topic to greatly, I can be abrasive.

[twister7900]

Interesting video. The problem with "building a house" is that it assumes some goals are worthy of pursuit, which contradicts the idea that everything is objectively valueless. So working towards happiness is no more worthy a goal than working towards destruction. I suppose people could create subjective values, but there would be no real weight behind those values. They would be arbitrary. I guess in arguing this point I am assuming that truth and clarity have value, haha.

[ncjones22]

hi moral nihilists here. the "moral nihilists" that get upset about people being wrong are inconsistant in their thinking. To be a honest nihilist, one would have to not care about promoting nihilism. which is a total contradiction, because i am making this comment. but i thought it would be more interesting than to not leave it.

[IndianaJoker]

Well, I'm an agnostic atheist and a moral nihilist. However, I'm not one of those that are so fucking jaded about the subject. I guess you could say that I'm more of a loose moral nihilist--I basically think that from an objective viewpoint, there aren't really any true morals. However, I will agree in certain situation, there can be somewhat sturdy moral truths.

[zaynzaynzayn]

smart vid. people misunderstand "nihilism"

[FatGermanBastard]

It obviously is a semantical issue. There is no difference between Aaron and a moral nihilist other than the definition of the word morality. I just don't understand why you don't use descriptive language for descriptive stuff when that would avoid all the confusion and disagreement entirely. If I could use descriptive language I would certainly do but unfortunately morality as I define it is normative and therefore can not be referred to using descriptive language.