Confronting the Nihilism of Our Day with Thomas Nagel’s Ethical Objectivity

Authors

  • Kristoffer A. Bolaños Polytechnic University of the Philippines-Manila Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70922/j9r1x237

Keywords:

Thomas Nagel, Ethics, Nihilism, Philosophy, Ethical Objectivity

Abstract

There are few scholars today who are challenging the notion "nothing is objectively right or wrong because nothing objectively matters," one such scholar is Thomas Nagel; we will pursue in this essay a keener understanding of the possibilities of ethical objectivity in the face of the popularity of the position mentioned above (often understood as "nihilism"). We will attempt to articulate Nagel's alternative, a "view from nowhere," as a way out of the rather relativistic and reductionistic tendencies of moral philosophies today.

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Author Biography

  • Kristoffer A. Bolaños, Polytechnic University of the Philippines-Manila

    Kristoffer A. Bolaños holds an MA in Philosophy acquired from Ateneo de Manila University, and is currently a PhD in Philosophy student of University of the Philippines Diliman. He is teaching philosophy courses at
    Polytechnic University of the Philippines. His growing research interests include Foucault, Nietzsche, Negri and Hardt, Plato, and most recently Nagel, Wittgenstein and Kant.

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Published

2018-05-30

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2017): Mabini Review Journal

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How to Cite

Bolaños, K. . (2018). Confronting the Nihilism of Our Day with Thomas Nagel’s Ethical Objectivity. Mabini Review, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.70922/j9r1x237