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Single Idea 22503
[filed under theme 22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature
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Full Idea
It is only for a different species that Nietzsche's most radical revaluation of values could be valid. It is not valid for us as we are, or are ever likely to be.
Gist of Idea
Nietzsche could only revalue human values for a different species
Source
report of Friedrich Nietzsche (Works (refs to 8 vol Colli and Montinari) [1885]) by Philippa Foot - Natural Goodness 7
Book Ref
Foot,Philippa: 'Natural Goodness' [OUP 2003], p.115
A Reaction
This is the Aristotelian view, that our values and virtues arise out of our human nature, with which I largely agree, though we should resist its rather conservative tendencies.
Related Idea
Idea 24086
The goal is to settle human beings, like other animals, but humans are still changeable [Nietzsche]
The
25 ideas
from 'Works (refs to 8 vol Colli and Montinari)'
20128
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Each person has a fixed constitution, which makes them a particular type of person
[Nietzsche, by Leiter]
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22503
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Nietzsche could only revalue human values for a different species
[Nietzsche, by Foot]
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8041
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The superman is a monstrous oddity, not a serious idea
[MacIntyre on Nietzsche]
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20135
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Nietzsche's higher type of man is much more important than the idealised 'superman'
[Nietzsche, by Leiter]
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7847
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Initially nihilism was cosmic, but later Nietzsche saw it as a cultural matter
[Nietzsche, by Ansell Pearson]
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9782
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Nietzsche urges that nihilism be active, and will nothing itself
[Nietzsche, by Zizek]
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20106
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Nietzsche was fascinated by a will that can turn against itself
[Nietzsche, by Safranski]
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20371
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Nietzsche thinks we should join a society, in order to criticise, heal and renew it
[Nietzsche, by Richardson]
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7846
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Nietzsche thinks philosophy makes us more profound, but not better
[Nietzsche, by Ansell Pearson]
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20107
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How many mediocre thinkers are occupied with influential problems!
[Nietzsche]
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20352
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Nietzsche has a metaphysics, as well as perspectives - the ontology is the perspectives
[Nietzsche, by Richardson]
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22475
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Moral generalisation is wrong, because we should evaluate individual acts
[Nietzsche, by Foot]
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22476
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Nietzsche thought our psychology means there can't be universal human virtues
[Nietzsche, by Foot]
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20104
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Nietzsche tried to lead a thought-provoking life
[Safranski on Nietzsche]
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20353
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The 'will to power' is basically applied to drives and forces, not to people
[Nietzsche, by Richardson]
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20108
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Every culture loses its identity and power if it lacks a major myth
[Nietzsche]
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20367
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Individual development is more important than the state, but a community is necessary
[Nietzsche]
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20105
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Storms are wonderful expressions of free powers!
[Nietzsche]
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20113
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Friendly chats undermine my philosophy; wanting to be right at the expense of love is folly
[Nietzsche]
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22501
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Nietzsche classified actions by the nature of the agent, not the nature of the act
[Nietzsche, by Foot]
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22500
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Nietzsche failed to see that moral actions can be voluntary without free will
[Foot on Nietzsche]
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20102
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Flight from boredom leads to art
[Nietzsche]
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20123
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First see nature as non-human, then fit ourselves into this view of nature
[Nietzsche]
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20379
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Reason is just another organic drive, developing late, and fighting for equality
[Nietzsche]
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20376
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We begin with concepts of kinds, from individuals; but that is not the essence of individuals
[Nietzsche]
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