If life means something, why should we bother with ethics that other people have made, people we might not even trust or like ?
supposing someone believes it is ok to murder an elderly person every week. And takes the stance that the world is overpopulated, They to do the right thing, and kill the elderly, and therefore free up more space, time and resources for the younger fitter generation.
This is evolution in motion, in progress after all, why become emotional about it?
Why attach a greater significance to the human race, we are a herd you could say, an animal, nothing more.
A functional brain with no soul. What we imagine to be love and feelings of love and charity are none other than selfish emotions at the core. What would you say to that?
so what if the elderly can give us their knowledge. We can use books for that. Do away with them our murdering friend says.
you say it is wrong because someone in their family will feel suffering from what has happened and this is not ethically right?
Yes but that would be your take on life, why should he follow yours? What if he disagrees? What if he lives by his own self made ethics and does not believe that he has to work with others to create a safe envoirnment?
Are you saying we should throw this man in jail for expressing his desires? Who are we to do that if life means nothing? Surely we cannot just decide on what is right and slump it on to everyone else who is ever born and just say “you have to do this” because we say so.
Perhaps someone enjoys sniping at the mentally infirm from a bush or hilltop. Picking them off one by one and escaping capture by the authorities. Satisfied and genuinely happy with a good days work. Why should we strip him of his happiness, when he is only getting rid of a weak link you could say?
Like a rat catcher with an air rifle, solving the problem slowly but surely. Or why was hitler wrong to take this ideas to the extreme if we are only animals? Would you say cannabilism is wrong?