Nihilism

"All questioning answers in either meaninglessness or violence and unhappiness over not finding the right answer. It is simple logic. If you ask me where to buy some soda, I'd answer either not to buy soda at all, since it is bad for your health, or not to buy soda, as it will be expensive. The reason you'd buy a soda is to attain a nice feeling in drinking it, since it tastes better then water. But regardless, it is less healthy, packed with sugar and calories and will kill you if you drink too much of it, both mentally and physically. Anyone can give these kinds of answers to any question. That is what I meant, and being a Nihilist, it is far easier to get to this answer than to get to any other answer." >> Your elaboration makes absolutely no sense. You've confirmed my own philosophy in your example. You don't want to drink soda because it is bad for you. This is perfectly reasonable. You have weighed the negative effect of drinking the soda as being higher than any positive effect in terms of pleasure. This is consequentionalism and hedonism. Meaninglessness would imply that you have nothing to base any kind of decision off of. "The choice to be joyful, to be cheerful does not entirely lie with the person at hand. It lies within that person's nature, his or hers genetics. If a person's parents have been miserable for their entire lives, then that person will grow up miserable, too. If that person's great-great-great grandparents have lived miserably and died miserably, then it will still be visible in the next generations. It is as simple as that. Secondly, I never denied there being some sort of pleasure in this world. I only said that whatever pleasure one may feel, there will always be some tiny bit of them that wants it even better, or is completely unsatisfied. There is no such thing as true happinness. That is what I tried to say." >> This argument simply fails on a scientific manner. There is no happiness gene and there is no proof to suggest that unhappiness is ever passed down genetically. My opponent needs to either dump this case or prove me wrong by providing such proof. Then he said a series of statements which just do not connect. He said since we will always desire more we are never completely satisfied and because of that were are always completely unsatisfied. I really hope you see the huge hole there. "I fail to see the problem in my reasoning. It is true that we have something called a "common sense" these days, but that does not mean that no man has ever wanted to kill or fight. It just means that we are surpressing urges in order to not make a complete fool out of ourselves in front of our so-called "friends". If one person asks another to marry him or her, then that person wants an answer. That person wants to either use the person he or she has asked to marry for something, or wants to be together with that person, no matter the cost. It is either instinct, or underlying reasoning. Love does not exist." >> There is a big difference between ever wanting to kill and fight and always wanting to kill and fight, the latter is what you first stated and have yet to defend. On love; this is completely false in a scientific sense. There is definitely such things as empathy and emotions which cause you to truly place the concerns of others before your own. This is fact. "You cannot stay happy forever. Something will happen to change your attitude towards people. Bad things don't just lurk around the corner. They jump right at you. As for your second answer, the same occurs when you just don't care. You become able to solve the problems at hand, then get disappointed again, and then fall back into despair. Thirdly, as there are more ways to enjoy things, there are also a number of requirements, which are even more limited because of our laws and regulations. And I agree with you on the fourth one, it's just that people become afraid of trying after a while." >> It is absolutely possible to stay happy for as long as you live, sure there will be things here and there which are negative but you can keep your over-all emotion positive. And because it is possible there is an intrinsic purpose to pursue it, which you still have yet to refute! "I disagree with you on that. I think I answered accordingly." >> O RLY? Here is what my philosophies have stated: Our ability to judge morality comes from our ability to reason. Thus morality is essentially rationality. (not refuted) We can feel happiness. Happiness is intrinsically good and thus logically causes a purpose to pursue it (not refuted) Consequentionalism (actually backed-up) "I know some people just can't bear being unhappy, and they seek happinness in false theories and such and thus, get loose footholds. You can't stay happy forever. That is impossible. If you commit suicide, you'll die and never have felt regret over commiting suicide. You'll never suffer again. You'll never be afraid again. Perfect, right?" >> Wrong. The undeniable fact that we can feel happiness gives us an intrinsic purpose to pursue it. Suicide eliminates that opportunity. There is negativity in life but it is entirely possible to obtain more positivity than negativity. Because we can we have a purpose to. Furthermore, your claim that we can't be happy forever is entirely baseless.