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antoine sugar
@joedan346
I don't think most antinatalists are existential nihilists. They attribute value to suffering. Most ANs contend that suffering is a moral & ethical issue & that suffering should be minimized is the highest priority. Nihilists contend that nothing is of value.
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antoine sugar
@joedan346
Aren't you vegan? Vegan for animal rights? That would be a case in point. You wish to reduce suffering by not eating animals & causing their harm. Altho, veganism really has nothing to do with AN. But it shows you are a moralist, not a nihilist.
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antoine sugar
@joedan346
There are many varieties of existentialism. Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Sartre & so on. But I think they all ascribed to some kind of value system, no? Nietzsche was always talking about a re-valuation of values, in light of the awareness that God is dead.
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Abyss Watcher, Self-Terminator, Truth Seeker
@OhMyAngelaLove
I guess Antwan and I are of about the same age group. When I was younger, existentialism was really popular. I was much into Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre. Although very difficult, I read the 1,500-page JPN translation of Sartre's "Being and Nothingness." It was 43 years ago.
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