are the views within us, as in a result of instincts/evolution? well yeah, that's partly the case
are the views largely influenced by social factors? well yeah, of course
Nihilism, to me, is an active process whereby you subvert any previously held judgements about things (it's similar in that sense to skepticism and zen, and would include not holding a moral view) and instead just view things as-they-are. So, it's not so much an end-point (eg. life is...
it depends how you define moral etc etc
Deontological moral laws of "thou shalt not do this or this.." don't make much sense in a non-religious framework
If you defined morals as just those beliefs people hold as to what is permissible or not, then of course these exist - but so what?
On the...
+1 !
"It doesn't mean that I don't sincerely value their commitment and sacrifice to make the world a better place, but the fact that they are doing it out of ultimately a selfish reason inevitably decreases the meaninfulness of their doing right."
I thought motivations to better the whole was...
Modulistic terror
A vast sadistic feast
The only way to exit
Is going piece by piece
You have no choice of life or death
My face you will not see
I'll rip your flesh 'till there's no breath
Dismembered destiny
As soon as life has left your corpse
I'll make you part of me
No emotion
Death is...
why does the purpose have to lie in an afterlife in heaven? I don't need anyone to tell me the purpose of happiness on earth to know that it's good
it would be fair if God put both people into heaven. anything else (eg. sending the criminal to hell) is just based on an irrational, selfish desire...
for doom: my favourites are diSEMBOWELMENT, Ras Algethi and Skepticism
there are no doubt a number of other great doom bands, but these are the main three that have caught my attention so far, and have created some of my favourite music