Most people starve, live in war torn areas, or live where illnesses are pretty common. — Darkneos
most people would say life is worth it. Despite the circumstances. — khaled
Values and life goals are pretty much the reasons why anyone is alive at all.Why should one kill oneself at all? Why do one need "values" or "life goals" to live? Enjoy the joyride. Sure there are people that live shit lives, mental disorders or whatever. People that run into hopeless situations. Those people also probably dont think much about values and stuff, they know bloody well their pain and thats probably it. But for anyone not in a current hell, why suicide — Ansiktsburk
Everyone has an Ego so when we say "nothing matters" that is a claim to objectivity and can only be emotionally held on to as a meaning in life. The fundamentals of karma work. Do evil and evil comes to you. Do good and you won't go to hell (maybe you'll just be annihilated). But justice and fairness are not the same thing. The universe allows itself to be just to us but our lives might not be fair in themselves, or in comparisons between us — Gregory
This as well. If nothing matters, then it doesn't matter that nothing matters. — Pfhorrest
Sure, it can be argued that nihilism is circular - as in - if nothing matters than nor does nihilism. But many presuppositions we use in life are circular - eg, logic. You can't use logic to defend the use of logic. Will we now abandon logic? — Tom Storm
Life is not a joyride, it's hell unless you're in the developed world. — Darkneos
I haven't read Camus but I know he was deeply involved in the whole meaning of life question but what if, just what if, his conclusion was, as Wayfarer once said, "the least worst option" or as I like to see it, the lesser of two evils? This is a question worth asking and if someone has a good answer, it'll be worth a listen/read. — TheMadFool
Life is absurd — Tom Storm
We have the right to obey laws external and internal and the duty to be free. — Gregory
Nihilism is a dogmatic response to dogmatism. That's what I am getting at — Gregory
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