Nietzsche characterized Europe in late nineteenth century as nihilistic, and even considered the late twentieth century to be even more so. He generalizes that we no longer need a God, that a God doesn 't give us meaning and purpose to our lives. Our lives are simply meaningless and lack the capacity to become anything new. Nietzsche stressed that without a sole purpose of living, we would create a new world built on weakness and comfort. He also foresaw that nihilism might lead to radical nationalism, causing horrific wars. Nietzsche’s aim was to create a new society and system of values which are centered around out needs. For Nietzsche, this new society and system of values should be brought out through his doctrine of the overman and the
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He prefers to focus on the intention of the action rather than looking at the action itself making this is a common misconception of morality. “The origin of an action was interpreted in the most definite sense of origin in an intention; one came to agree that the value of an action lat in the value of an intention” (BGE 32). Nietzsche tries to articulate the Christian saying “know thyself” has now transformed into a moral value. By embedding the idea of ‘free will’ into the psyche of its followers, Christianity has made a dishonest sense of responsibility and has completely overlooked the deterministic factors in the world. He recognizes these ideas in the same passage, showing that he understands the concept of human internationality. Nietzsche then expressed his own beliefs by calling his fellow intellects, “We immoralists have the suspicion that the decisive value of an action lies precisely in what is unintentional in it, while everything about it that is intentional” (BGE 32). Nietzsche shows that his beliefs are a conscious action that seem to be the work of a free agency, it is merely a manifestation of unconscious forces at work. Nietzsche refined an overwhelming and effective critique on Christian morality in a philosophical discussion. His personal analysis of Christian maxims argues the origins and follows the morality to the bitter end, atheism and nihilism. His main purpose was to critique and push human beings to create their own modern day values, so people can live a more healthy and productive life affirming to
He prefers to focus on the intention of the action rather than looking at the action itself making this is a common misconception of morality. “The origin of an action was interpreted in the most definite sense of origin in an intention; one came to agree that the value of an action lat in the value of an intention” (BGE 32). Nietzsche tries to articulate the Christian saying “know thyself” has now transformed into a moral value. By embedding the idea of ‘free will’ into the psyche of its followers, Christianity has made a dishonest sense of responsibility and has completely overlooked the deterministic factors in the world. He recognizes these ideas in the same passage, showing that he understands the concept of human internationality. Nietzsche then expressed his own beliefs by calling his fellow intellects, “We immoralists have the suspicion that the decisive value of an action lies precisely in what is unintentional in it, while everything about it that is intentional” (BGE 32). Nietzsche shows that his beliefs are a conscious action that seem to be the work of a free agency, it is merely a manifestation of unconscious forces at work. Nietzsche refined an overwhelming and effective critique on Christian morality in a philosophical discussion. His personal analysis of Christian maxims argues the origins and follows the morality to the bitter end, atheism and nihilism. His main purpose was to critique and push human beings to create their own modern day values, so people can live a more healthy and productive life affirming to