As Nietzsche begins the preface on the Genalogy of Morals, it seems he saying philosophers are not men of knowledge. However, their job is to find knowledge. Nietzsche states he has pondered for a long period of time over the ideas of “good” and “evil” and “good” and “bad.” With this, he recalls back when was thirteen years of age where his philosophical research first began. Then he found the origin of evil being God. Following this idea he began asking how humans differentiated between “good”, “evil”, and “bad.” As Nietzsche begins the essay he shows his unhappiness with the psychologist who have attempted explaining the origin of morality. The psychologist claim they are experts in this field, but they simply are not. They have come up
Nietzsche was a revolutionary author and philosopher who has had a tremendous impact on German culture up through the twentieth century and even today. Nietzsche's views were very unlike the popular and conventional beliefs and practices of his time and nearly all of his published works were, and still are, rather controversial, especially in On the Genealogy of Morals. His philosophies are more than just controversial and unconventional viewpoints, however; they are absolutely extreme and dangerous if taken out of context or misinterpreted. After Nietzsche's death it took very little for his sister to make some slight alterations to his works to go along with Nazi ideology.
In this Commentary of sections 1-7 of essay two in Friedrich Nietzsche’s The Genealogy of Morals, I will give a brief overview of the text, to help with showing the content that the comment covers, the go deeper into the individual sections and relate them to Nietzsche’s way of thinking and also look into any problems or solutions offered by those arguments.
Humanity, according to Nietzsche, is infected by an illness. It is the kind of illness that has infected every single man, religious or non-religious alike. It is his aim to release his readers from the illness. In much the same way as a doctor, he wishes to do so by primarily sourcing the cause of the illness, and secondly by diagnosing it. It is Nietzsche’s belief that this metaphoric illness is morality.
In the following section, Nietzsche explains that the reassessment of values effected by the Jews was occurring and that they were not noticeable. One of their achievements was the development of the religious teachings Christianity. He states that the Christian love violated the Jewish hatred and that the representation of Jesus and his crucifixion was the persuasion of the moral code. The embodiment and crucifixion of Jesus showed that annulment of the moral code, was once “good” became “evil” and what
We have grown weary of man. Nietzsche wants something better, to believe in human ability once again. Nietzsche’s weariness is based almost entirely in the culmination of ressentiment, the dissolution of Nietzsche’s concept of morality and the prevailing priestly morality. Nietzsche wants to move beyond simple concepts of good and evil, abandon the assessment of individuals through ressentiment, and restore men to their former wonderful ability.
Has America’s public opinion shifted on guns overtime? Why is it that the United States has the highest number of mass shootings in the world? The United States have faced an issue with gun violence over the past decade, but we still have yet to find a solution. Is it right to solve the issue directly and ban all guns except for authorized personnel or tighten laws on guns instead of banning them completely? This is a decision the United States has still not agreed upon and while this problem remains unsolved, the number will just be increasing.
Friedrich Nietzsche’s argument against Christian morality is heavily reliant on a history based (genealogical) argument. The nihilistic tendencies of Christianity are one source of Nietzsche’s antagonism. He uses nihilism and the resulting asceticism to argue heavily in favor of new and reevaluated values for the betterment of human life. Nietzsche’s argument uses history to contest the altruistic story of religion and pointedly examine the negative background of Christianity. This in turn creates a space to tear apart modern morality and promote the growth of Nietzsche’s hierarchical Roman morality. Nietzsche initially appears to have great face validity in his genealogical argument. However, closer analysis of his discussion provokes criticism
Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher, wrote on European history and its undergone of harmful development, conditions had never been worse, in the late nineteenth century. Believed institutions and movements were engaged in reducing human beings to a lower level of existence, more common; and that any individual displaying qualities as srenght, could be vilified and shackled. He blamed this on the mineteenth century not have produced many mighty monuments as they were capable of creating. Nietzsche blamed the Jews for the wrong turn in western civviliation The Geneaology of Morals (1887) is Nietzsche’s elaboration of ideas, pertaining European history, concerning ideals.
Humanity’s natural aggression means that civilization is “constantly threatened with disintegration” and it must make every effort to ensure these urges are curbed, in order for its continued existence. He continues in this vein, by stating that, in order for people to “forgo the satisfaction of their tendency to aggression” civilization encourages us to form into groups, however for this to work their must continue to be “outsiders,” that the aggression can be turned towards. This is in accordance with On the Genealogy of Morals, where it is the Slaves ascetic nature that forces them to also control their instincts. Likewise, both Freud and Nietzsche assert that these restrictions cause people to internalise their aggressions, turning inward.
In On the Genealogy of Morals, published in 1887, Nietzsche outlines his views on how contemporary society’s sense of morality came about and how our values have changed and why, he was radical in his writings and wanted to question the morals fundamental to modern culture. He found the entire system behind Judeo-Christianity to be problematic, believing that they had caused, what he called in On the Genealogy of Morals, “a radical transvaluation of …
In his book, Twilight of the Idols, Friedrich Nietzsche aggressively challenges conventional schools of thought dating back to the ancients. Philosophy, as we know it, began over two-thousand years ago in Athens with the birth of Socrates. Socrates introduced the practice of reasoning and dialectics—the art of discourse hoping to bring individuals closer to some universal truth—to an Athenian society that previously held aesthetics, not logic, as indicative of goodness. Socrates revolutionized life in Athens, and by extension, the Western tradition. His beliefs are found in works written centuries after his death. He is heralded as the “father of philosophy.”
Nietzsche believes that moral philosophers also call for the destruction of life. He believes that philosophers who say people seek happiness are unwilling to answer the truth about power. Moral philosophers call for virtues to reach happiness. Nietzsche claims that pleasure is a sensation of power and if passions are excluded, you prevent the greatest sensations of power.
Nietzsche introduces the initial concepts of what is good to be determined by those who have benefitted from unegoistical
The paper discusses, in detail, some of Nietzsche 's major philosophies such as master and slave morality. It looks further into his view on nihilism; his definition, why he was so much against it and what he thinks should replace it. Also, the write-up explains Nietzsche 's analysis of Christianity as a dominant religion and its teachings. Lastly, it points out the prejudices of philosophers and the relationship between philosophy and truth.Beyond good and evil is a detailed account of Nietzsche’s mature philosophy.
Nietzsche is widely known as a critic of religion. In fact, he talks in depth about morality in regards to religion in his essays about the genealogy of morals. But the problem is not within religion itself or within morals. The problem is involved in the combination of the two to create society’s understanding of morality through a very religious lens. In fact, Nietzsche has criticism for almost any set of morals constructed by a group of individuals and meant to be applied to society as a whole. True morality, according to Nietzsche, requires a separation from these group dynamic views of morality- or at least a sincere look into where they originated and why they persist- and a movement towards a more introverted, and intrinsically personalized understanding of what morals mean in spite of the fact that “the normative force to which every member of society is exposed, in the form of obligations, codes of behavior, and other moral rules and guidelines, is disproportionally high” (Korfmacher 6).