Here is a super interesting post from Overcoming Bias on whether or not morality is just a result of personal preference. Best quote:
“Your strange beliefs about the nature of morality have destroyed your soul. I don’t even believe in souls, and I’m saying that.”
Ha!
So is there truth or isn’t there? Something or nothing? All questions seem to be boiling down to this for me lately.
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Truth? Yes (but in the body, not the mind). Something? Perhaps. Morality? No. Not inherently. Sure, there may be principles regarding what’s generally conducive to your own happiness and what generally isn’t, but where is this thing called morality that people keep talking about? Even the most sophisticated philosophical arguments for morality are grounded in nothing. From where and how did these ideas about morality get in my head, why do I feel so strongly that they must be true even though they are grounded in nothing, and how can I get rid of the ideas about morality that restrict my life and cause me suffering? Those I find to be fruitful questions.
I know you’re not generally a fan of quotes, but I can’t resist:
From Hamlet: “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
Actually, that is a pretty good quote.