Friedrich Nietzsche’s conception of a noble man is one with an antisocial personality disorder. What is nobility to Nietzsche? To him, goodness is created only by the noble person, the people of the noble man benefit the noble man, and the people of the noble man are to the noble one as a slave was to their master. Nietzsche describes a noble person as being psychopathic, however as new generations arise new disorders are discovered often, so doctors don 't diagnose patients as psychopaths or sociopaths anymore, they now prefer the term antisocial personality disorder. They use this term because psychopaths and sociopaths can together be distinguished as individuals that have an antisocial …show more content…
Nietzsche describes his view of a noble man saying, “Men with a still natural nature, barbarians in every terrible sense of the word, men of prey, still in possession of unbroken strength of will and desire for power, threw themselves upon weaker, more moral, more peaceful races (perhaps trading or cattle-rearing communities), or upon old mellow civilizations in which the final vital force was flickering out in brilliant fireworks of wit and depravity” (Nietzsche 257). Nietzsche insists the noble man is one that has a strong desire for power and will throw himself upon the weak to endeavor moral corruption. Professor William Hirstein observes his “psychopathic” patients, “The PCL describes “his psychopaths” as being callous and showing a lack of empathy, traits which the PPI describes as coldheartedness.” That said, Hirstein completes my thought by describing a psychopath as apathetic towards disgust and being unable to identify and recognize the feelings of others. Hirstein and Nietzsche’s quotes together support the man that Nietzsche views as noble. Hirstein shows what his idea of a psychopath is, which applies directly to Nietzsche’s thoughts of a noble …show more content…
Michael Lacewing writer of, Nietzsche on Nobility, has positive beliefs about Nietzsche’s writings, “Some of Nietzsche’s ideas of nobility do not seem very radical. A sense of one’s goodness independent of others’ opinions, a willingness to take responsibility, and an ability to tolerate and use suffering in the quest to make something of oneself and one’s life, all express a strong, positive, healthy personality” (2). A believer of Nietzsche would not believe his kind of noble man has an antisocial personality disorder. On the other hand, a follower of Nietzsche’s beliefs could be raised in a caste system, with no social mobility. In Beyond Good and Evil Nietzsche writes, “Our character is to a large extent determined by the characters of our ancestors as determined by their station in life. Thus, some people are naturally disposed to being of a more noble character”(264). The one born into a caste system may have no other way to perceive the world, besides to view the noble men or higher authority the way that Nietzsche does. If one has ignorance to the class system and only understands the caste system they may be subject to defend