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<p>It’s <em>very</em> distasteful. I prefer life to death, and I hate it when people die. But I’m not going to make something up that doesn’t exist.</p>
<p>Dunno if you’re still talking to Inquisitive, but I’m still answering.</p>
<p>The whole idea behind moral relativism is that there is no good and bad. I prefer life to death, and so do most others, but that doesn’t make life inherently better than death.</p>
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You continually say “distasteful”, but isn’t that you just saying “bad” in a way that allows you to keep up your ideas of moral relativism and nihilism?</p>
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But what inherent qualities of life make you prefer it?</p>
<p>Human species</p>
<p>Function (as far we know) : Reproduce and to keep the species in existence</p>
<p>1) Survive. 2) Reproduce</p>
<p>So biologically we all try to survive (priority) and spread our genes. Everything we do is to impress the women (and survive).</p>
<p>Survival instinct in humans, endorphins, general happiness.</p>
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<p>Most people don’t say that pain is “evil” or “bad”. I’m simply saying that I’m repulsed by death just as I’m repulsed by pain (although I recognize that I’m significantly more repulsed by death because it’s permanent - I may, however, prefer death to a certain pain threshold)</p>
<p>So, I take it you don’t like the idea of innate human rights? A bit “distasteful”?</p>
<p>Btw whats the main difference between dopamine and endorphins. Both happy chemicals right?</p>
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<p>–Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality</p>
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<p>Innate human rights isn’t distasteful. And certainly not distasteful in the way I’ve used the word distasteful. Innate human rights just don’t exist. That’s all.</p>
<p>By the way, if I didn’t believe in moral relativism, I’d be much more angered by what’s happening in the factory farms and slaughterhouses than what’s happening to other people right now.</p>
<p>So there is no right to life? No right to self-determination? Whoever is strongest and does what they can is perfectly fine? You seem to just be advocating for the complete lack of all morals, which would be a dangerous thing if most of society believed it.</p>
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<p>There are no innate “rights”. As for whoever is strongest - well - I may not like what he does, but how would it be in my power to stop him? Why bother fretting/getting frustrated at something I cannot change? On the other hand, if I could collaborate with others, then sure, I have reason to stop him. No, I think most people (including myself) are better off if we obeyed some basic social norms (and have basic means of enforcing these norms). They don’t have to carry all the emotional baggage that “morality” carries.</p>
<p>If it were up to my vote, I’d still vote for the U.S. to enter the war against Nazi Germany, for example.</p>
<p>Rights are social constructions, as are morals.</p>
<p>So where do we draw the line between scientific truths and social constructs?</p>
<p>The only reason we have morals is because we empathize (compassion). The only reason we have compassion is because of (as I said before) reproduction purposes. Would you mate with a caveman who doesn’t scratch your back after you scratch his? No dammit you mate with someone who does. Being unselfish puts you in the bottom of natural selection, so it’s only natural after all these years of evolution and caring genes to care about others.</p>
<p>Nihilism, if true, is of no value. Therefore there is no reason to believe it.</p>
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<p>I disagree. Rights are moral truths, but entitlements (which are often called “rights”) are social constructs.</p>
<p>I love Crime and Punishment!</p>
<p>Back to the question: I agree with Nihilism.</p>
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Explain, please? Since I have already said that I consider morals to be social constructions, you need to embellish.</p>
<p>okay now that i have a bit of time…</p>
<p>[Moral</a> Relativism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)](<a href=“http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-relativism/]Moral”>Moral Relativism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy))</p>
<p>And this is confirmation of the Wikipedia definitions (and also a full head-on explanation of why so many people misinterpret it)</p>
<p>Well its kind of true that it doesnt matter what you do cause you die anyway, but thats kind of boring. I think when you die you turn into another person or animal. I think thats reincarnation, but all that stuff is kind of funny like religion.</p>