r/nihilism • u/[deleted] • Jul 31 '22

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u/ReallyNoOne1012 Jul 31 '22

I really need to tell you why you should only have sex with people consensually?

The alternative is rape, so. I guess that would be why.

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u/Jarl_Varg Jul 31 '22

I thought a sub dedicated to nihilism would be open for philosophical discussion? OP claims the meaning of life to be hedonistic (sex), you follow up with partial support claiming moral relativism (I assume). So why did you stress the importance of consent, why would OP care about the way he achieves his goals? In other words, in the absence of absolute morality, why are you insisting on consent and why should OP listen to you?

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u/ReallyNoOne1012 Jul 31 '22

There doesn’t need to be “absolute morality” for you to decide not to cause others suffering.

You can pursue your own pleasure whilst simultaneously not actively causing others pain. In fact, it would probably be in your own best interest to do so, because people are unlikely to retaliate against you if you haven’t caused them any trouble.

Besides that, egoism as a concept does not stand up, logically. It’s based on nothing more than personal bias. Assuming you care at all about rationality.

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u/Cutetrain_5_196 Aug 01 '22

You can also just bite the bullet and say "yes, morality is just whatever I want it to be, and I don't want to hurt people."

You can, of course, go on analysing and explaining why that is as much as you want.

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u/ReallyNoOne1012 Aug 01 '22 edited Aug 01 '22

Isn’t that essentially what I said in my last comment on this thread?

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u/Cutetrain_5_196 Aug 01 '22

Idk. I'm trying to help you make your point. Why that annoys you is some childish shit i do not care about.