The Meaning Of Life In Janne Tellers Nothing

“Nothing matters.
I have known that for a long time.
So nothing is worth doing.
I just realized that.”
With those words Pierre-Anton leaves the classroom, and his classmates in fear.
Pierre-Anton isn't only a convinced nihilist, he is also the main character of Janne Tellers novel “Nothing”. Nothing is about the class 7A from a small Danish town, and their struggle to prove Pierre-Anton that life indeed has meaning.
Throughout the past, and still at present,the question for the meaning of life, and why human beings should care, has been often asked, and answered in a large variety of ways.(version2:the meaning of life has been subject to many philosophical and theological investigations). This paper further addresses the question of whether …show more content…
It is itself logical, since every argument can be turned down by stating its nothingness. It is also part of the general tone of existentialist philosophy, which there is that there are no objective measurements, and matters can only be understood through the lense of personal experience, therefore all meaning is based on a subjective parameter. One´s discovered meaning, might be of no meaning to someone else. In “Existentialism and Humanism” the French Philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre states that "man first of all exists, encounters himself, surges up in the world – and defines himself afterwards", in the spirit that existence precedes essence, so man himself can define his goals, character, et cetera. And Pierre-Anton has made that decision, what he wants to make of himself: Nothing, because there is no …show more content…
Moreover, it is often claimed that an atheist does not need to “prove the negative” that God does not exist, since the theist is the one claiming that God exists. But in order to prove that nihilism is correct, the nihilist must prove that God does not exist. Without this proof, it is possible that God exists and sets the standard for morality. Related to this defense requirement is that the nihilist must prove that Moral Skepticism (the view that we cannot know in this lifetime what is right or wrong) is also wrong. How can the nihilist be sure that there is no such thing as right or wrong? What if he/she just doesn’t know? OBJ2: The nihilist also must prove that individual and cultural relativism are wrong, since it may be the case that when, for instance, people get together in a culture and agree upon a social contract, that what is then right is for a member of that society is for her to keep her agreements, and what is wrong is for her to violate them (which is cultural relativism). OBJ3: One’s having any preferences, desires, or values, implies that one should (or should not)

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