Originally Posted by Manzcar
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That life is meaningless that once we die we will be forgotten and no one will care that we were here at all. Our lives mean nothing. Therefor our own personal happiness is what we should strive for in our lives. Since personal happiness is different from person to person who are we to judge what other people do to fulfill those desires. It should not matter what other people do even to us cause in the end we are all just gonna die an turn into dust.
And who is to say that your personal moral beliefs are correct. Where did you get your morals from anyway? Last I heard they don't teach morals in science class.
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I agree with your first paragraph up to a point. Life has whatever meaning we chose to give it. As long as the pursuit of happiness doesn't injure or infringe on the rights of others, have at it. We are just going to end up as dust. Enjoy the time we're given.
My basic ethical assumptions are:
a) Life is precious because of its relative rarity.
b) Individuals should have as much personal liberty as possible as long as it doesn't interfere with the liberty of other sentients.
c) We, as part of the social contract, have an obligation to help other sentients.
The rest of my ethical conclusions follow from those. Keep in mind that this is very simplified for the sake of expedience. There is no fear of eternal punishment required to realize any of these.