Moral nihilism

critical that Christians properly discern its damaging effects on our society’s sexual moral compass. As a culture, it seems what is acceptable changes every few months with little reasoning or clear logic. Confused, disoriented, and unable to draw a straight line between wrong and right, our culture’s moral compass is spinning. We are drifting off to sea in a ship commanded by drunk captain, name Moral Relativism. Moral relativism, collateral damage from secularization and postmodernism, looks past Christianity’s

activity. Her fictions andphilosophicalessays are influenced by Simone Weil, from whom she borrows the concept of "attention", and by Plato, under whose ''ethical theory'' she claims to fight all that she considers to be the different forms of ''moral nihilism'' (Goodyer 217). Herdevelopmentoftheideaof “theGood” andthenecessityofleadingamorallife, capable

I. Nichols, “How Psychopaths Threaten Moral Rationalism” In Shaun Nichols’ chapter, “How Psychopaths Threaten Moral Rationalism: Is it Irrational to be Amoral?” Nichols attacks two views, which he refers to as the Conceptual Rationalist and the Empirical Rationalist. He argues that while a Kantian approach to moral agency is appealing, due to threats posed by psychopaths, it is implausible for an account of what constitutes moral agency. The Conceptual Rationalist claim, as stated by Nichols

which seems very exciting, it’s also a grim examination of society’s values. During the film one has an unsettling feeling as you watch Kroc succeed despite betraying the McDonald brothers, abandoning his wife and forsaking all morals. Typically, films attempt to convey a moral message, so the audience can learn from the mistakes of the character. Yet, at no point does Kroc experience an internal conflict or enlightenment that demonstrates that integrity is more valuable than commercial success. In

Xana Coffey Kosloski 23 May, 2018 Golding’s View on Humanity as Portrayed by Lord of the Flies Moral nihilism is defined by Wikipedia as “the meta-ethical view that nothing is morally right or wrong”. Arguably one of the more famous moral nihilists would include Sir William Golding, who believes that humans are innately cruel and are bound by laws to keep order, therefore no action is morally right nor wrong. His 1954 novel Lord of the Flies demonstrates this idea through intricate and precisely

Morality in The Heart of Darkness         "I trust I shall be forgiven the discovery that all moral philosophy hitherto was boring and belonged among the soporifics" (Nietzsche 561).  Maybe so, but the issue of moral philosophy has been discussed though out time and provides a significant element in Conrad's story Heart of Darkness.  In general, the timeless discussion traces back to the first philosophical writings of Plato and transcends from general religious grounds to general applications

what would happen if right and wrong didn’t exist? Moral Nihilism would happen. Moral nihilism is the theory that there is no ethical truth, and that right and wrong do not inherently exist. This theory addresses the fact that no ethical theory can be proven in certainty, it is unbiased, and it is universal while still remaining flexible to the individuals morals. While it does have its faults- It is the most rational theory. Because moral nihilism believes that there is no ethical truth it avoids

through the post-modern existential lens of nihilism. Nihilism has five main types; political, moral, epistemological, cosmic, and existential. Throughout the course of the play, Hamlet shows many characteristics that showcase these principles , such as apathy and despair. Hamlet is a nihilist character because through his actions of mania and despair he shows that life is overall meaningless. He also has a lack of respect for authority and a rejection of moral principles. Throughout the play, Hamlet

First of all, moral nihilism states that morality does not exist and Raskolnikov shows his lack in morality when committing and justifying the murder, yet Dostoyevsky uses the theme of nihilism to prove that even people like Raskolnikov have morals. For example, when Raskolnikov begins to justify the murder he states, “One death, and a hundred lives in exchange – it's simple arithmetic! Besides, what value has the life of that sickly, stupid, ill−natured old woman in the balance of existence!” (58)

from Egotism to Consequentialism, to the idea of the golden mean to me are simply the efforts of a logical species to stop a descent into nihilism in a world that in truth does not work off of a system of morality. Arguably the reason that we as humans focus so much on the concept is simply because if the average person did not have a guiding system of morals society would not be able to exist, and that society is the best way for our species to propagate, and as such those who have morality are