Nietzsche: The Conscience In his second essay of the Geneaology of Morals‚ Nietzsche attempts to identify and explain the origin of the conscience. He does not adopt the view of the conscience that is accepted by the “English Psychologists”‚ such as Bentham‚ J. Mill‚ J.S. Mill and Hume‚ as the result of an innate moral feeling. Rather‚ it is his belief that the moral content of our conscience is formed during childhood under the influence of society. Nietzsche defines the conscience as an
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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 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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"You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way‚ the correct way‚ and the only way‚ it does not exist." ~Friedrich Nietzsche Why‚ but why is everyone so opinionated about practically everything to do with pregnancy and child rearing? Everything is treated like a binary decision - right or wrong‚ no middle ground. The Breast-milk Nazis vs The Formula Fascists‚ while the Controlled Crying Brigade will not even talk to the Instant Attention Army! You risk grievous bodily harm if you offer your
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theories‚ there are many ways to determine one’s identity. An identity can be shaped by the experiences we have in relation to other individuals‚ but the philosopher Nietzsche says the best way to determine ones identity is to remove yourself completely from society to fully understand one’s true identity. The Philosopher Nietzsche once wrote: “The individual has always had to work hard to avoid being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it‚ you will be lonely and sometimes frightened. But no price
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According to Nietzsche‚ this responsibility actually brings the realization that one has the power to take charge of one’s own life. Even if the individual adopts certain social codes or beliefs‚ how one acts these values will prove one’s unique way to be in the world. In his book `The Will To Power`‚ he introduces the idea of the `individual`: ``Something which is new and creates new things. Something absolute; all his acts are entirely his own ultimately. The individual derives the values of his
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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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Philosophy Essay The philosopher that spoke to me the most was Nietzsche. I agreed with him on multiple points such as alcohol and religion being crutches that give us a false sense of confidence and hope. I also agreed with Nietzsche in that in order for one to be successful‚ they have to endure some sort of hardship or failure. Coming up with the saying‚ “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” is the main reason I connected with Nietzsche seeing as how that is a saying I like to live by on occasion
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Friedrich Willhelm Nietzsche‚ a German Philosopher of the mid 1800`s was Born 1844 and died after a long medical condition that was thoroughly investigated but with no found result in 1900. Nietzsche is most renowned for challenging the moral integrity of Christianity in the late 1800’s despite having grown up with a background and family history of Lutheran ministers; where his Father‚ Uncles and Grandfathers were all Ministers. This philosopher was the most outspoken on topics such as power‚ pain
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