# I am a Moral Nihilist

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**Category:** Ethics\
**Created:** [June 3, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/i-am-a-moral-nihilist/1218 "2026-06-03T16:42:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leontiskos](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/www.thephilosophyforum.com/leontiskos/32/712_2.png) [@Leontiskos](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Leontiskos)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/i-am-a-moral-nihilist/1218/427 "2026-06-11T16:26:42Z")

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> [@Michael](#):
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> I think you’re equivocating. The sense in which drinking is _bad_ for us is not _prima facie_ the sense that establishes a _moral obligation_ to not drink.
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> The moral subjectivist doesn’t deny that certain behaviours are “objectively” harmful; they deny that certain behaviours are “objectively” immoral. We ought not (pun intended) let the ambiguity with the word “bad” cause us to conflate the two.

The point @Count_Timothy_von_Icarus was making had to do with appearance and reality in the context of normative human acts. It seems that it would apply both to the “practical” and “moral” contexts, so I’m not sure how your distinction between those two putatively different contexts bears on his point? After all, people will look back on past decisions and regret those decisions. They do this with both “practical” and “moral” decisions.

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