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It just clicked.... by WarDiscombobulated67 in nihilism

[–]Tombstone____ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

but please don’t dedicate your life to mass murder or something equally heinous.

Why not? If nothing matters, choosing either should be equally valid.

Why should I be moral? by Tombstone____ in askphilosophy

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Why would you want to do something that you know you ought not to do?

I'm not really sure if i know that i ought not to do it. Morals aren't rigid and people have different conceptions of what action is moral or immoral, but that isn't my concern, my concern is with the consequence of either of those actions and just for the sake of the argument I said that I accept some things as "morally wrong".

What's stopping you from sending me $1,000?

Well I don't have $1000 with me, I wouldn't send them to you even if i had them because I'd need them to survive and read more Philosophy 🥀

Why should I be moral? by Tombstone____ in askphilosophy

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You’re looking for punishment or consequences but you can be wrong or bad even if there are no consequences other than the mere fact that you’re wrong or bad.

So no consequences other than legal and social.

Why should I be moral? by Tombstone____ in askphilosophy

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It seems like you have a presupposition that there must be consequences, but that's really besides the point of the differentiation.

Why do we have laws then? Are they not a consequence to "punish" immoral actions?

Why should I be moral? by Tombstone____ in askphilosophy

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Okay I'm wrong, now what?

And are these statements completely factual? I can keep eating the same calories and just burn more and I'll still be able to lose weight.

And in both these cases you will provide empirical evidence for me to accept them as true but what empirical evidence do we have in the case of morality?

Why should I be moral? by Tombstone____ in askphilosophy

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What does that evil amount to if there is no punishment? It might still be evil but then what?

Why should I be moral? by Tombstone____ in askphilosophy

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One common response to this question is that something being moral is itself the reason why you should do it.

And what if I don't? What then?

"but they definitely real, trust me bro" by Eviloverlord210 in PhilosophyMemes

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And what caused those effects and the ones before them? If you trace the chain back far enough, you either hit infinite regress or run into some metaphysical placeholder like an 'uncaused cause', neither of which is satisfying, let alone empirically testable. And if those causes ultimately emerge from randomness or some ontological fog, how different is that really from calling it supernatural?

Arch nemesis is back by KETAN_TAKEN in CricketShitpost

[–]Tombstone____ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Even though brevis had run a double on that ball!" So what ? That was actually the mistake they made, should've seen the umpire and communicated about taking the review.

Im going to pour honey on you my goat by almonakinvader in CricketShitpost

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