Originally posted by projectvxn
reply to post by antonia
Ok, let's see what Wikipedia says about it:
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is the philosophical doctrine suggesting the negation of one or more putatively meaningful aspects of life. Most commonly, nihilism is presented in the form of existential nihilism which argues that life is without objective meaning, purpose, or intrinsic value.[1]
None of that seems pessimistic? I think this kind of thinking can(and has) lead to some grotesque crimes against humanity.
And Christians and Muslims who assign value to life have also committed some pretty grotesque crimes.
You see it as negative because it does not fit with your world view. Life cannot be good if it has no meaning, purpose or value, that is your view. Life is can be happy regardless of the presence of those three things and honestly, it might be a little less stressful, that is my view. Most of these grotesque crimes were not committed by philosophical Nihilists, they were committed by people who valued one life over another. No one has the right to deny another their life.
It's moral subjectivity. One man's evil is another man's good. So killing all the Jews was Hitler's good, while all of us look on in horror. I don't think this is the philosophy for people of good conscience.
Hitler was not a nihilist as he placed value of the lives of Aryans. He did assign value to life. All morals are subjective, hence why in some parts of the world women showing their hair is considered vile yet women can show 90% of teir body in other parts of the world and no one cares.
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on 18-10-2011 by antonia because: forgot something
