Nihilism is the belief that everything is meaningless. Usually this belief is coupled with the view that nothing we perceive is even real – that the world is a mocking veil of illusion.
Mondays are for questions from students. This student hails from my own institution, the University of Texas.
Question:
St. Paul says, “Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. The commandments, ‘You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,’ and any other commandment, are summed up in this sentence, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”
I suppose it is obvious that our rational inclinations include everything pertaining to seeking the truth, especially the most important truth, the truth about God. As the eyes seek to see, as the lungs seek to breath, so the mind seeks to deliberate and attain knowledge.
The original “Is and Ought" post
Not only is it possible to make inferences from is to ought, that is, from descriptive premises to evaluative conclusions -- but it is also possible to make inferences from ought to is.