eight years apart. Although John Stuart Mill and Friedrich Nietzsche’s lives overlapped; they both have different views regarding moral belief and the basis of morals in life. One aspect that sets these two philosophers apart is that while in London‚ Mill continued to fight for equal rights for women; the Germany resident‚ Nietzsche‚ believed that women were infinitely inferior to men. This‚ however‚ was not the only factor that separated these two minds. Mill focused his findings on the morality
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Mill and Nietzsche have different ideas on how people act towards their actions. Mill focuses on the end purpose of human behaviors to create happiness for a group of people rather than an individual happiness. He defines Utilitarianism as human’s actions that lead to happiness. Human’s desires either give pleasure or prevent pain to create happiness (Arthur & Scalet‚ 2009‚ p. 66). For Mill‚ the consequences of an action matter. As discussed in class‚ we could measure the quantity and quality of
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The Discourse of Mill and Nietzsche‚ Can Mill Overcome While it appears‚ on the outside‚ that John Stewart Mill contradicts Nietzsche’s idea that the mind serves deeper than our inner human drive‚ however‚ the story of Mills life seems to actually confirm itself. You see‚ Nietzsche believes that your instincts define who you are and if you go through life using your brain making all your decisions for you‚ you aren’t being true to who you really are. Nietzsche talked about how Socrates uses reason
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been attempted by successive writers. Jean-Paul Sartre and Friedrich Nietzsche both attempted to replace traditional morality with an ethics based on authenticity. This essay will discuss some of the initial similarities in their approaches‚ and identify where and why their approaches diverge. In the course of this examination‚ a number of prima facie objections to their theories will be examined‚ and I will argue that Nietzsche goes much further to create a positive morality than is usually thought
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have to get rid of one or the other‚ but Nihilism theories seem to have a lot less explanatory power than do dualistic ones to me. In this paper I will argue that the clearest difference between Descartes and Nietzsche here is that whereas Descartes thought that ideas are passive‚ Nietzsche thought the opposite. Well‚ Descartes tries to prove the existence of God‚ which is the condition of establishing/ensuring an external world‚ including inter-subjectivity‚ in his view. God is a precondition of
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Johnny Lee Plato versus Nietzsche The central ideas that two great philosophers‚ Plato and Friedrich Nietzsche‚ talked about were the reality and appearance; and what they mainly focused on is where we as humans stand between these two. Of course‚ regarding the fact that Plato and Nietzsche lived in different time periods‚ they had their differences that conflict with each other’s theories. But they do have something to agree upon; they both argue that humans live in an illusory world of our
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the will to assume responsibility for oneself.” (Nietzsche. Twilight of the Idols. Trans. Hollingdale. Sect. 38). Everyone desires freedom but everyone cannot handle the responsibilities of freedom. I will compare J.S. Mill’s views on the social function of freedom with that of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s characters from both‚ the novel Notes From Underground and the excerpt; The Grand Inquisitor‚ also drawing supplementary arguments from Friedrich Nietzsche‚ while expressing my views alongside. Mill’s core
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other maxims in our rationality. However‚ Nietzsche ascribed to neither of these views. Born in 1844‚ Nietzsche was influenced by Darwin and philosophers such as Schopenhauer. His moral theory mirrored more that of Hume’s in sticking to the tenants of naturalism than it resembled deontological theories such as Kant’s. The 18th century philosopher David Hume argued that morality is built on natural sympathy for others. John claims that‚ like Hume‚ Nietzsche was a naturalist. However‚ Ken remains uncertain
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Analysis In The Gay Science‚ Friedrich Nietzsche talks about how “To grow tired of a possession is to grow tired of ourselves‚” and how sexual love is “a craving for a new property.” In The Prince‚ Niccolo Machiavelli talks about “whether it is better to be loved rather than feared‚ or feared rather than loved.” In Nietzsche’s text he focuses on how greed and love are similar to each other‚ while in Machiavelli’s text he contrast the idea of being feared rather than loved. The arrangement of both
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Paige Adams Philosophy 121 Individual & Society Dr. Mathis 11/8/2012 Mill vs. Rousseau Philosophers throughout the ages have had many well thought out and educated ideas and opinions about government and individuals place in society. Some are similar while others are conflicting‚ but all have a right to be analyzed to see which idea is the best in a situation. A qualifying example is the differences between Mill’s and Rousseau’s beliefs. Although‚ their ideas do appear to be similar
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