Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Introduction to Nietzsche
My first thought on Nietzsche's work is utter confusion. The concept that intrigued me the most concerned the idea of good and bad people being judged not by their actions or based off morality. Nietzsche states, "I'm supposing the "good man" to be of greater value than the "evil man", in greater value in the sense of furthering the advancement and prosperity of man in general" (Nietzsche 20). So Nietzsche is stating that man should not be viewed or considered bad based solely off of morals, however they should be judged by their contributions to society. He goes as far as say that the "Future of man is included" (Nietzsche 20). So as far as Nietzsche is concerned, a murderer could be considered a good man if he contributes positively to the progress of the world or contributes to the success of our future. I find this to be both an intriguing aspect yet disturbing cold and malice. This leads me to believe that Nietzsche has no regard to human well being, merely the well being of humans as a race, creating his perfect world, one that is unflawed by the hands of God or any religious affiliation. This concept of good and evil in man obviously shook the very ground that people stood on for his concepts completely oppose the ideas that stand and that have been ingrained the minds of people.
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