Nietzsche's Argument Analysis

Last but not least, why does the domination bring happiness? My answer to the question is that people feel happy about such domination because it is human instinct to the seize the power over themselves. And when such instinct is satisfied, people feel more like themselves, closer to the true self hidden underneath all the social norms and rules. Chemically speaking, the social rules and norms are just like the extra power imposed upon the particles in quantum Chemistry, and push the atom into an excited state; however, the most stable state for atom is when the energy is lowest. I claim that it is human instinct to dominate themselves because in primitive society, people first lived on themselves, and decided everything for themselves, which means they had a lot of autonomy. However, as the civilization developed, the clan and tribe appeared. People who lived in such group had to give up some autonomy. Then the continuously developing society brings more and more rules and norms constraining people's behaviors. People start to get used to be dominated by a certain group, and the utility of some dominating power over themselves was …show more content…
The trouble with Nietzsche’s argument is that Nietzsche over-generalized those internalized human instincts. The internalized instincts he addressed specifically are those instincts that closely related to interaction with other people, such as cruelty, aggressiveness and egoism. However, for the other instincts that mainly influence ourselves like the seizure of dominating power over ourselves, I think people will not derive sense of guilt from it. Instead, they will feel happy when such instincts are