I can understand why you'd think I'm a nihilist. I used to be one, but I eventually reasoned myself out of it. These days, I'm a naturalist moral realist. I think morality and values depend on our evolved emotions, there are things in the world that objectively activate or deactivate those emotions, and that is mostly what we're talking …
I can understand why you'd think I'm a nihilist. I used to be one, but I eventually reasoned myself out of it. These days, I'm a naturalist moral realist. I think morality and values depend on our evolved emotions, there are things in the world that objectively activate or deactivate those emotions, and that is mostly what we're talking about when we talk values and ethics. As for truth, I think it exists; we are just very very bad at finding it, and we could all use a lot more humility.
I can understand why you'd think I'm a nihilist. I used to be one, but I eventually reasoned myself out of it. These days, I'm a naturalist moral realist. I think morality and values depend on our evolved emotions, there are things in the world that objectively activate or deactivate those emotions, and that is mostly what we're talking about when we talk values and ethics. As for truth, I think it exists; we are just very very bad at finding it, and we could all use a lot more humility.