From: micah glasser (micahglasser@gmail.com)
Date: Sat May 13 2006 - 06:43:05 MDT
Have you ever read "The Moral
Animal<http://www.scifidimensions.com/Mar04/moralanimal.htm>"
by Robert Wright? This book looks at human morality and it's evolution
through the lens of evolutionary psychology. Its a fantastic read IMO and
while it may not refute moral nihilism it certainly does add dimension to
the issue. Also what do you think of Nietzsche's moral philosophy?
Nietzsche saw himself as a nihilist while a young man but eventually saw his
way out of that darkness.
Unlike some I've studied philosophy for long enough to not glibly dismiss
your arguments based on primate instinct alone (i.e. the instinct that
abhors anti-social behavior or ideas). Also I think this discussion is truly
SL4. Most on this list take for granted that there is such a thing as
"benevolence" and that we should all be working hard to relieve "human
suffering". I'm not saying this is wrong but it would be nice to here some
more sophisticated arguments for exactly why anyone should care about
anything. If we can't offer a philosophically rigorous refutation of moral
nihilism then it will be quite difficult to program a machine AGI that can
refute that position also. Just a thought.
On 5/13/06, m.l.vere@durham.ac.uk <m.l.vere@durham.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Quoting Edward Miller <progressive_1987@yahoo.com>:
>
> > The guy who posted this is the same guy that has been
> > posting at BetterHumans under the name Crippled_Sloth
> >
> > He has posted this exact same thing here:
> > http://www.betterhumans.com/forums/thread/7205.aspx
> >
> > My guess is this guy is one of the from transtopia...
> > the site that just was exposed as being white
> > supremicist.
>
> Dude, I was the one who exposed the white supremacism to the transtopia
> forums. I didnt know about it whilst i was there, and when I found out, I
> left.
>
> > His comments on betterhumans have been very odd and
> > showed a lack of empathy for fellow humans and a very
> > similar tone as transtopia
>
> Its called moral nihilism. Your post is an argumentum ad hominem.
>
-- I swear upon the alter of God, eternal hostility to every form of tyranny over the mind of man. - Thomas Jefferson
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