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Originally Posted by Blackraven  Why do you matter? Why do you deserve to be here? More important than all else though, why would anyone else give a damn about you when there are >six billion people around you claiming the same thing? What makes your life more important than theirs? |
We don't, it doesn't matter, because social importance is not measured on an objective basis, because I'm living it.
Also, this is a kinda silly question, because even if people may "choose" not to be afraid, their actual behavior when faced with the situation typically changes substantially and in ways that neither they nor others could predict. People think differently in real situations than they do when hypothesizing about things.
I'm not afraid to die in general, but I'm not going to do anything to aid the process.
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Originally Posted by N.T.M. “Once this is conceptualized (evolution), one could infer several
things: (1) Every motive should be selfish. (2) Moral obligation is a mere illusion used to
structure society. (and 3) Because eternal value is unachievable vanity doesn’t exist since
it’s a word defined by relativity and time will inevitably expunge all accomplishments -
ultimately, in a sense, everything would be vain (therefore it cannot exist). Application of
this understanding would permit a person to do anything without any need to ever justify
their action.” |
This is not the case and does not even make sense; people evolved in a way that requires others, whether literally in terms of getting the necessary resources or simply because people require some degree of social interaction. Moral obligation is used to structure society, but it does exist to fulfill a need.
If you don't believe this try locking yourself in a dark box for a couple years and see how long it is before your beliefs start changing rapidly.