Similarities Between Mill And Nietzsche

In the eighteen hundreds two influential philosophers were born thirty 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 of society and the beliefs that all human beings should live by; while Nietzsche focused his writings on the human nature that went against the belief of living by a set moral code. His views were very individualized as opposed to viewing society as a whole and looking at doing actions for the greater good. Due to the fact that both of these men lived during roughly the same time period, if these two influential philosophers were to have met their debate would have influenced prominent beliefs among fellow and future philosophers. If a philosopher were to look back on these two men’s lives they would be able to come up with a sound argument by looking at Nietzsche’s
The idea of pain that Nietzsche presents is completely against my beliefs that as a society we do not want to be in pain and that we strive to not feel the guilt that Nietzsche says leads individuals to inflict pain. Mill explains that to achieve the ultimate end, happiness, is to live a life in the absence of pain and to strive to reduce the pain for the fellow individuals in society. The ideas Mill shares about living as a whole instead of focusing all efforts on the individuals happiness is something that should happen in all