Collin Laguzza Pl215 Ethics Paper C 12/10/15 Friedrich Nietzsche explores the importance and true value of morality in his work On the Genealogy of Morality. Nietzsche fails to provide a concrete definition of morality however‚ he instills values and their relations to modern humanity. It has been clear that people do not doubt that good is highest in value compared to evil. Nietzsche questions if the opposite were true. He proposes that what we call good may actually be detrimental to our livelihood
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anti-morality and anti-nature are aspects‚ which negate vital instincts. Friedrich Nietzsche is a renowned philosopher who criticized social laws‚ religion‚ and honorable in a radical manner. Nietzsche argues that‚ “anti-nature refers to the idea of allowing human beings to coerce others into adopting their beliefs and morals” (Friedrich 404). Friedrich Nietzsche had a personal belief that morality is anti-nature. In fact‚ Nietzsche states that‚ “Every naturalism in morality-that is every health morality-is
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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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Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes blazoned the advent of a scientific civilization. Both men ridiculed earlier methods of seeking knowledge‚ that were once used in the academic traditions of the universities founded in the Middle Ages. Both men published between 1620 and 1640 and held to the belief that Medieval or Aristotelian methods were retrograding and worthless. Through their works they stressed that truth was something we find at the end‚ after a long process of investigation‚ experiment‚ or
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Socrates once said‚ “Education is the kindling of a flame‚ not the filling of a vessel.” With this‚ he revealed that education should be thought about and questioned for curiosity and understanding rather than for memorizing facts and information without any deeper thought on the matter. Socrates’ metaphor‚ “filling of a vessel‚” relates to our type of educational system and administration. It is often that teachers do not want students to ask questions they cannot answer; they do not
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On the first meditation of Descartes’ Meditations on First Philosophy‚ the author seemed initially very contradictory and confusing. First he shows himself skeptical about everything known by him before which were brought to him from or through deceptive senses. Then‚ he goes on saying “that are many other matters concerning which one simply cannot doubt‚ even though they are derived from the very same senses.” That which primarily I thought conflicting‚ I now‚ after further reading‚ think is just
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state‚ but always striving for something more. Humans strive toward becoming subjective. For Kierkegaard‚ life is a transformation from essential to existential. Nietzsche sees man similar to this‚ He calls man a “bridge" rather than an “end". The important part of a man is his potential. Man is striving‚ but for something different. Nietzsche says that for man Ubermensch‚ the ideal man or Superman‚ is the goal. It’s a representation of man at a constant battle to overcome itself. The Superman must
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Descartes: The First and Second Meditations Rene Descartes begins Meditations on First Philosophy by explaining his basic purpose and how he plans on going about accomplishing this project. Descartes hopes to discover truth and justify human knowledge and belief. In order to find the fundamental truths of life‚ Descartes believes he must start from scratch so that he may discern truth from false beliefs. All of Descartes’ beliefs‚ everything he has learned and grown to believe is now cast under
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great Greek philosopher‚ Socrates is deemed as being so intriguing. During his time‚ Socrates was seen as a great threat because he tended to break free from the normal way of thinking and inevitably‚ people became afraid of him. Socrates was eventually put to death on account of “corrupting the youth” and being an “atheist‚” which were false claims against him to cover up the fact that his accusers simply didn’t like him or his ways. When reading Plato’s Republic‚ Socrates is shown as being very intriguing
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Aristotle and Plato. As history proceeds‚ more and more ideas are created about various important topics. Even modern thinkers have made a vast impact on today’s society. One of the most influential philosophers in the past 200 years was Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche lived during the 1800s. Some of his more well known works include The Gay Science and On the Genealogy of Morals. His ideas that were presented in these works on morality and religion impacted the world in a massive way. Another modern figure
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