Posted by:
Henry Bemis
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Date: October 24, 2023 08:26AM
"Oh, baloney.
COMMENT: There are numerous citations within the philosophical literature to support this claim, which I could cite, even though the arguments I have made in this thread are logically self-contained. In any event, here is what Wiki says on this subject: (A source I am sure you are familiar with.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_nihilismMoral Nihilism
"Moral nihilism today broadly tends to take the form of an Error Theory: The view developed originally by J.L. Mackie in his 1977 book Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong. Error theory and nihilism broadly take the form of a negative claim about the existence of objective values or properties. Under traditional views there are moral properties or methods which hold objectively in some sense beyond our contingent interests which morally obligate us to act. For Mackie and the Error Theorists, such properties do not exist in the world, and therefore morality conceived of by reference to objective facts must also not exist. Therefore, morality in the traditional sense does not exist."
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"That is all."
COMMENT: The Oracle as spoken! All the thinking has been done.
You really should be more careful when offering non-substantive soundbites on subjects you know nothing about.