ne of the ethical philosophy that interest me is the Nietzsche’s ethical philosophy. Nietzsche 's moral philosophy is primarily critical in orientation: he attacks morality both for its commitment to untenable descriptive (metaphysical and empirical) claims about human agency, as well as for the deleterious impact of its distinctive norms and values on the flourishing of the highest types of human beings (Nietzsche 's “higher men”) (Stanford 2016). His positive ethical views are best understood as combining (i) a kind of consequentialist perfectionism as Nietzsche 's implicit theory of the good, with (ii) a conception of human perfection involving both formal and substantive elements. Because Nietzsche, however, is an anti-realist about value,
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Nietzsche identifies two types of morality, which include master and slave morality. Master morality is the morality of the superior people while slave morality is the morality of the inferior people. According to him, Modern systems such as Christianity and utilitarianism are examples of slave or herd morality, (Stanford 2016). Master morality isn’t really morality in any traditional sense. The superior person makes his/her own rules; superior people are beyond good and evil (SS, 70). The noble type of man experiences itself as determining values; it does not need approval; it judges, "what is injurious to me is injurious in itself"; it knows itself to be that which first accords honor to things; it is …show more content…
Regarded by many as the greatest and most influential philosopher since Aristotle/Plato. He is most famous for his concepts of Will to Power, Nietzsche talks about "Will to Power" while Schopenhauer talks about the "Will to Life" or "Will to Survive". Nietzsche’s positive attitude toward willing is almost opposite to Schopenhauer’s concept of the will. Nietzsche stresses that "Will" (Schopenhauer’s concept) is not mere survival and Nietzsche advances his theory and stated that Will is not mere survival but urge or will to power. Nietzsche knows this and argues that what Schopenhauer calls "will" is a mere empty word. For Nietzsche, there are no transcendental powers to give us our laws, neither a Kantian maxim to tell us what we should do nor laws from God. This is the reason why Nietzsche makes the existence of all moral questionable and considers himself to be an ultra-moral being who is beyond all morality. In fact, for Nietzsche "will survive" is the lowest biological drive of an organism, Schopenhauer and many other think survival as the main task of an organism but an organism will only make survival as its vital task only when it is threatened but otherwise, it will strive for power. Nietzsche considered his philosophy to be a correction of Schopenhauer’s
Nietzsche identifies two types of morality, which include master and slave morality. Master morality is the morality of the superior people while slave morality is the morality of the inferior people. According to him, Modern systems such as Christianity and utilitarianism are examples of slave or herd morality, (Stanford 2016). Master morality isn’t really morality in any traditional sense. The superior person makes his/her own rules; superior people are beyond good and evil (SS, 70). The noble type of man experiences itself as determining values; it does not need approval; it judges, "what is injurious to me is injurious in itself"; it knows itself to be that which first accords honor to things; it is …show more content…
Regarded by many as the greatest and most influential philosopher since Aristotle/Plato. He is most famous for his concepts of Will to Power, Nietzsche talks about "Will to Power" while Schopenhauer talks about the "Will to Life" or "Will to Survive". Nietzsche’s positive attitude toward willing is almost opposite to Schopenhauer’s concept of the will. Nietzsche stresses that "Will" (Schopenhauer’s concept) is not mere survival and Nietzsche advances his theory and stated that Will is not mere survival but urge or will to power. Nietzsche knows this and argues that what Schopenhauer calls "will" is a mere empty word. For Nietzsche, there are no transcendental powers to give us our laws, neither a Kantian maxim to tell us what we should do nor laws from God. This is the reason why Nietzsche makes the existence of all moral questionable and considers himself to be an ultra-moral being who is beyond all morality. In fact, for Nietzsche "will survive" is the lowest biological drive of an organism, Schopenhauer and many other think survival as the main task of an organism but an organism will only make survival as its vital task only when it is threatened but otherwise, it will strive for power. Nietzsche considered his philosophy to be a correction of Schopenhauer’s