Are there any good arguments in defence of moral nihilism? I think not.

These theories, deontology, the moral rights theory, and utilitarianism, contradict one another. Moreover, they give conflicting (inconsistent) recommendations. It is hence not possible to hold them together, in a pursuit of moral truth.

It is hard to tell if capital punishment has such an effect. And even if, in some contexts it has (such as in the American South with a very high incidence of murder), this effect may very well go away if a decent welfare state was replaced for the existing social order.

If two norms conflict, if they are mutually inconsistent, then at least one of them must be false.

I am now a decided non-naturalist realist. And today we may even speak of a trend towards non-naturalist moral realism.

I am a left winger, thought.

We should not accept moral nihilism unless we find strong arguments to do so.