It is of note that for a long time moral nihilism was a kind of unquestioned default position in analytic moral philosophy.
Torbjorn TannsjoI wanted to know what it means to know something, whether we can know at all, and, if so, how.
Torbjorn TannsjoBeing a moral realist I see normative ethics as a search of the truth about our obligations and a search of explanation; the idea is that moral principles can help us to a moral explanation of our particular obligations.
Torbjorn TannsjoWe own ourselves. This is the core of a libertarian theory of rights. But on this theory, while we are at liberty to kill ourselves (regardless of the consequences of others), we are not allowed to kill others, not even if this means that there we be fewer murders in the future, totally speaking.
Torbjorn Tannsjo