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Question: What would this be called!?
Nihilism means that without morality, existence has no other purpose!. As well, we do not have to bow down to 'imagined' gods and that proof is needed to make proper judgments!.
Is it Nihilistic for a person to believe that the only -pure- existence is that of complete destruction and removal of all life forms!? What is the proper term for this!?
I know it is not Anarchy, as they want some type of order but without government!. And Nihilism leads towards the same!.
What would this non-/philosophy be called then!?
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I don't think there is a "proper" term for what you are purposing!. You are correct that most nihilist and anarchists do not want the "removal of all life forms"!.
If I were to term your viewpoint i think i would call it "destructionism"!. Which would basically say that existence has no purpose and therefore one would need to remove the lack of purpose in the world by removing life from existence!.
This view has many hurdles to overcome, but the largest is that, in this view, one would logically take their own life and then not be left to destroy other lives!. Furthermore, if life not having a purpose means that your purpose is to remove all life!.!.!. then you just gave life purpose again!. It breaks down into itself!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Question 1:
ni·hil·ism –noun
1!. total rejection of established laws and institutions!.
2!. anarchy, terrorism, or other revolutionary activity!.
3!. total and absolute destructiveness, esp!. toward the world at large and including oneself: example: the power-mad nihilism that marked Hitler's last years!.
4!. Philosophy!. a!. an extreme form of skepticism: the denial of all real existence or the possibility of an objective basis for truth!. b!. nothingness or nonexistence!.
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Question 2: Yes!. and proper term Nihilism or Nihilistic
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Question 3: Could be Anarchy!. See definition '3' below:
an·ar·chy –noun
1!. a state of society without government or law!.
2!. political and social disorder due to the absence of governmental control: The death of the king was followed by a year of anarchy!.
3!. a theory that regards the absence of all direct or coercive government as a political ideal and that proposes the cooperative and voluntary association of individuals and groups as the principal mode of organized society!.
4!. confusion; chaos; disorder: Intellectual and moral anarchy followed his loss of faith!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
With no life forms what could be "existing" in this imagined purity!? With our consciousness/intellect we are conceiving of "pure existence"!. To further conceive of a reality which has been deprived of the form through which the conception of this reality is being brought forth is, to my mind, folding the argument in on itself!. I appreciate the conception but ultimately disagree with it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Wouldn't removing all life forms be called annihilation of the species!?Www@QuestionHome@Com