In Twilight of the Idols Nietzsche writes‚ "My objection against the whole of sociology in England and France remains that it knows from experience only the forms of decay‚ and with perfect innocence accepts its instincts of decay as the norm of sociological value-judgments. The decline of life‚ the decrease in the power to organize‚ that is to tear open clefts‚ subordinate and super-ordinate -- all this has been formulated as the ideal in contemporary sociology." (p 541). The culture of Europe
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Intro to Ethics Kant vs. Mill Philosophers Emmanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill both have different views on moral worth and Utilitarianism‚ which states that an action is morally right if it produces more good for all people affected or suffering from the action. Mainly‚ the question is how much of the morality of an action is predicted by its outcome. Both men have moral theories that differ on this topic. Mill’s theory of Utilitarianism relates moral actions to those that result in the greatest
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Bentham and John Stuart Mill. Though the terms act and rule utility came after the time of Bentham and Mill‚ it can still be noted that Bentham was clearly an act utilitarian and the Mill was a rule utilitarian. This paper will focus on the way Bentham and Mill would direct us to apply the principle of utility‚ and the possibility that the differences in their views may make us come to different moral decisions. In the application of the principle of utility‚ Bentham and Mill differ greatly. Bentham
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Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche spoke of the “the death of God” and foresaw the dissolution of traditional religion and metaphysics. Some interpreters of Nietzsche believe he embraced a literary exploration of the human condition‚ while not being concerned with gaining truth and knowledge in the traditional sense of those terms. However‚ other interpreters of Nietzsche say that in attempting to counteract the predicted rise of nihilism‚ he was engaged in a positive program to reaffirm life‚ and so
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answer the question of “What is life’s meaning‚” (as Nietzsche suggests)—but for many people religion offers no literal truths. And while religion may slow intellectual progress for some individuals—for instance‚ interpreting the Bible literally can cause one to the theory of evolution—it often does not. Also‚ I acknowledge that a life sans the comforts and joys of religion (and other numbing faculties) does seem appealing. I am not denying Nietzsche the appeal of being perpetually mindful. However‚
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Nietzsche believed that to be moralistic is to be hypocritical. The textbook defines moralistic as‚ “Expressing commonplace moral sentiments that conflict with one’s behavior and equating moral sentimentality with virtuous living; a form of hypocrisy that resembles a reaction formation‚” (Soccio 16-5). Basically what Nietzsche was saying is that what our culture believes is morally right is not what people actually want. “In Nietzsche’s view‚ modernity is anti-life and anti-nature‚ and modern‚ Christianized
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lines. Not only morals do pervade life spheres‚ but‚ they derive their normative force values with which they are associated . However‚ this values are not the “ground zero” of morality: as Schacht puts is ’[…] for Nietzsche […] all normativity is ultimately of extra-moral origin. For Nietzsche that ultimate origin – the Ur-source of all normativity – is to be found in the basic disposition he takes to be operative in all that transpires in this world‚ which he calls "will to power" and which expresses
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Jeremy Lahey Philosophy 120 Ethics Term Paper 11/27/12 Friedrich Nietzsche and Existentialism: Section I. Biography: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was born on October 15‚ 1844 to Ludwig and Franziska Nietzsche in Röcken‚ in the Prussian Province of Saxony. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was named after King Wilhelm IV as the 15th of October was also his birthday‚ he turned 49. In the summer of 1849 Ludwig Nietzsche suffered nervous seizures which ended Ludwig’s life 10 months later on July 29th
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Nietzsche repeatedly refers to Buddhism as a decadent and nihilistic religion. It seems to be a textbook case of just what Nietzsche is out to remedy in human thinking. It devalues the world as illusory and merely apparent‚ instead looking to an underlying reality for value and meaning. Its stated goals seem to be negative and escapist‚ Nietzsche sometimes seems to praise certain aspects of Buddhist teaching—and some of his own core ideas bear a resemblance to Buddhist doctrine. What exactly is Nietzsche’s
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Society is flawed. There are critical imbalances in it that cause much of humanity to suffer. In‚ the most interesting work from this past half-semester‚ The Communist Manifesto‚ Karl Marx is reacting to this fact by describing his vision of a perfectly balanced society‚ a communist society. Simply put‚ a communist society is one where all property is held in common. No one person has more than the other‚ but rather everyone shares in the fruits of their labors. Marx is writing of this society
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