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Originally Posted by ElephantSack
I can't really say whether I believe the statement "God is dead.". In certain ways of thinking, yes. Deader than fried chicken. But the idea of a creator doesn't turn me off. Personally, I think about the idea of God is everything, meaning we are all equal, which reaches for cooperation, contribution and peace. But what it got turned into was the Ego's perception of the "way things should be". Which is different for everybody. So if nobody can agree, then there can be no cooperation, and if your not helping each other, then there is no contribution to the greater good, which leads to conflict.
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The statement, "God is dead" means that certainty is dead. Nietzsche used it to describe that fact that if one believes in God, one has certainty of his morals and such. When I used it, I was implying that since we don't believe in a God, he can't give us morals to believe and we must find them for ourselves.
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To me morals are not just about the end by which means are justified, but they are the lessons you keep by learning from mistakes that shape your attitude and determine how you treat other people. Morals to me are things like honor, dignity, respect, loyalty.
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Why do you need a morality?
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Yeah, Hedonism isn't a religion. More of ethos, I suppose, or a social/moral contract.
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As far as I know from The Picture of Dorian Gray, it is a philosophy which puts pleasure first, without thinking of the long term consequences.