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> why bad things are really actually bad. In a material universe there is no objective good or bad.
by lawlorino 8y ago
> why bad things are really actually bad.
In a material universe there is no objective good or bad.
- stcredzero 8y agoIn a material universe there is no objective good or bad. I'm willing to bet that there's a sadist out there who, if they had you under their control, could eventually convince you there is definite objective bad.
- 09bjb 8y agoAnd yet for every one of these sadists, a Viktor Frankl pops up to say "“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”
- stcredzero 8y agoI'd pull a nihilist into my lifeboat. I wouldn't be happy about it, though. If I had to choose Viktor Frankl or a nihilist, I'd choose Viktor Frankl. I wouldn't be happy about that either.
- vokep 8y agoPain is objectively bad. Even if in a greater moral system pain is necessary to balance things and so is "good" in that sense, even then it would be a necessary evil. (keyword evil) If there were a way without it, that would be better.
- incompatible 8y agoPain is just a way that animals experience strong motivation. People born without the ability to feel pain have serious problems, because they don't make enough effort to avoid damage.