What is right? What is wrong? Can the two even exist or are they just figments of some sort of lesser mentality? These are just a few of the many questions in the world that can not simply be answered by a single sentence as there are too many factors in context. Thus, we, as humans, are forced to reflect on the topic with our own philosophical ideas in hopes that we can piece our ideas with the ideas of others in order to solve this massive jigsaw puzzle dubbed “Life”
In every person there is an innate sense of right and wrong buried within them. This sense guides people, culture, and even entire countries to act in certain ways. Thomas Aquinas called this innate sense the natural law. Natural law is this idea that from nature we can deduce certain things, how things are, and how they should be; it is the order of natural beings that are capable of rational, moral actions, knowledge and truth. The “natural law is appointed by reason” (Aquinas IV, 94, 1) and given to everyone. While contrary to popular belief that right and wrong are relative, the idea of an absolute right ultimately makes sense. For instance, it is naturally understood at some point within all that it is wrong to …show more content…
He states that the two are in constant battle with one another: the strong (master) fights for the will to power, while the weak (slave) attempts to overthrow the master or, at least, drag them down to their level of class using surreptitious forms of revenge. Nietzsche believed that the slave morality included forms of submission, humility, and obedience and was the attribute of Christianity, while the master’s morality was full of arrogance and pride. Nietzsche attempted to prove that the master morality was the only true path to success in life and that this success was to come at any cost, even of another, weaker
In every person there is an innate sense of right and wrong buried within them. This sense guides people, culture, and even entire countries to act in certain ways. Thomas Aquinas called this innate sense the natural law. Natural law is this idea that from nature we can deduce certain things, how things are, and how they should be; it is the order of natural beings that are capable of rational, moral actions, knowledge and truth. The “natural law is appointed by reason” (Aquinas IV, 94, 1) and given to everyone. While contrary to popular belief that right and wrong are relative, the idea of an absolute right ultimately makes sense. For instance, it is naturally understood at some point within all that it is wrong to …show more content…
He states that the two are in constant battle with one another: the strong (master) fights for the will to power, while the weak (slave) attempts to overthrow the master or, at least, drag them down to their level of class using surreptitious forms of revenge. Nietzsche believed that the slave morality included forms of submission, humility, and obedience and was the attribute of Christianity, while the master’s morality was full of arrogance and pride. Nietzsche attempted to prove that the master morality was the only true path to success in life and that this success was to come at any cost, even of another, weaker