Sandesh Pathak
31st October 2017
PHIL-1301-61
In this essay, I am going to write about the summary of Friedrich Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil and his main arguments. Similarly, I will explain in short about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail and his main arguments. Then I will compare their arguments and finally, I will give my thoughts on those arguments. Moreover, I will talk about the difference in their thoughts and my thoughts. In conclusion, I will present the concise summary of what I wrote in this essay.
Friedrich Nietzsche was a German specialist and philosopher that was conceived in the mid-nineteenth century. His book, Beyond Good and Evil was one of the last books he composed, during the time of 1886 to …show more content…
was a third-generation Baptist minister. King became a leader of the civil rights movement during the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott. He argued that segregation violated the moral law of God and fought for its repeal through nonviolent protest. He wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" in April 1963. It was a public response to a letter penned by eight white Alabama religious leaders who denounced King's methods of nonviolent protest and his involvement in Birmingham's civil rights movement. King's persuasive yet patient rhetoric addresses each of their concerns in turn while exposing the deep-seated hurt and betrayal felt by many members of the black community. His main arguments were the time for change is now, nature of segregation and failings of the white moderate. Martin Luther King said, “For the free, there is no convenient time to take a stand against injustice; for the oppressed, the time is now.” It means that we should not wait for freedom. He also mentioned segregation is cruel to those who are subjected to it and immoral in the eyes of God. Moreover, White moderates to whom King refers throughout the text are white Americans who say they agree with the notion of desegregation but criticize the way civil rights activists go about achieving it. Thus, these are Dr. King’s main argument mention in the letter from Birmingham …show more content…
In Nietzsche’s approach, he attempts to back up his claims by accusing other philosophers of not being able to think critically. He does not believe that the good man is the opposite of the evil man like previous philosophers believed. Nietzsche accuses past philosophers of establishing their beliefs based on the good man being opposite of the evil man. In Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil, it is discussed that people are treated differently. He uses a larger scale to show the materialistic ethics in which the more powerful individuals in society can mistreat those that are more vulnerable. In King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail, King discusses a specific time in his life where African Americans were immorally slaved by the white people against Gods will. King’s approach was more direct, he wrote with emotion and through individual experiences, and captured the reader’s attention with specific examples of those in control and those that are weak. When using the principles of logic, we realize Letters from Birmingham Jail appeals to the reader’s emotion over and over but, emotions do not base the thoughts of logic. King’s approach has a lot of positive points along with great definitions, and does a wonderful job of using Gods idea of morals. But, the Nietzsche’s approach is more logical in comparison to the Dr. King’s view. In contrast, Nietzsche is addressing this issue in a more general sense, whereas Dr. king is addressing it
31st October 2017
PHIL-1301-61
In this essay, I am going to write about the summary of Friedrich Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil and his main arguments. Similarly, I will explain in short about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail and his main arguments. Then I will compare their arguments and finally, I will give my thoughts on those arguments. Moreover, I will talk about the difference in their thoughts and my thoughts. In conclusion, I will present the concise summary of what I wrote in this essay.
Friedrich Nietzsche was a German specialist and philosopher that was conceived in the mid-nineteenth century. His book, Beyond Good and Evil was one of the last books he composed, during the time of 1886 to …show more content…
was a third-generation Baptist minister. King became a leader of the civil rights movement during the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott. He argued that segregation violated the moral law of God and fought for its repeal through nonviolent protest. He wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" in April 1963. It was a public response to a letter penned by eight white Alabama religious leaders who denounced King's methods of nonviolent protest and his involvement in Birmingham's civil rights movement. King's persuasive yet patient rhetoric addresses each of their concerns in turn while exposing the deep-seated hurt and betrayal felt by many members of the black community. His main arguments were the time for change is now, nature of segregation and failings of the white moderate. Martin Luther King said, “For the free, there is no convenient time to take a stand against injustice; for the oppressed, the time is now.” It means that we should not wait for freedom. He also mentioned segregation is cruel to those who are subjected to it and immoral in the eyes of God. Moreover, White moderates to whom King refers throughout the text are white Americans who say they agree with the notion of desegregation but criticize the way civil rights activists go about achieving it. Thus, these are Dr. King’s main argument mention in the letter from Birmingham …show more content…
In Nietzsche’s approach, he attempts to back up his claims by accusing other philosophers of not being able to think critically. He does not believe that the good man is the opposite of the evil man like previous philosophers believed. Nietzsche accuses past philosophers of establishing their beliefs based on the good man being opposite of the evil man. In Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil, it is discussed that people are treated differently. He uses a larger scale to show the materialistic ethics in which the more powerful individuals in society can mistreat those that are more vulnerable. In King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail, King discusses a specific time in his life where African Americans were immorally slaved by the white people against Gods will. King’s approach was more direct, he wrote with emotion and through individual experiences, and captured the reader’s attention with specific examples of those in control and those that are weak. When using the principles of logic, we realize Letters from Birmingham Jail appeals to the reader’s emotion over and over but, emotions do not base the thoughts of logic. King’s approach has a lot of positive points along with great definitions, and does a wonderful job of using Gods idea of morals. But, the Nietzsche’s approach is more logical in comparison to the Dr. King’s view. In contrast, Nietzsche is addressing this issue in a more general sense, whereas Dr. king is addressing it