Nietzsche's Views On Good And Evil

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The central park jogger, the named dubbed by the media, was a tragedy in itself, but how these minority boys were morally judged in media and by the police was also a tragedy. Nietzsche believes that humans “know” what is good and evil, and instincts that follow the good of the “herd” or the will of the people, takes precedence over all other instincts. Values like right, wrong, justice,equality, liberty no longer exist for the moment. Already found guilty by public opinion, and once the justice system found them guilty in a court of law, the city rejoiced. Their perceived truth was they defeated “evil”. The slave morality defeated the masters. However, their perceived truths was not actual truth. These boys had no actual evidence against

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