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Single Idea 7162

[catalogued under 28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / d. God decrees morality]

Full Idea

Naivety: as if morality remained when the sanctioning God is gone. The 'hereafter' is absolutely necessary if belief in morality is to be upheld.

Gist of Idea

Morality can only be upheld by belief in God and a 'hereafter'

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Writings from Late Notebooks [1887], 02[165])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Writings from the Late Notebooks', ed/tr. Bittner,Rüdiger [CUP 2003], p.93


A Reaction

This is the 'good' and 'evil' of social values, not the natural values which accompany the life of any creature (see Idea 7136). Even with a God, it required the priests to interpret the morality and the sanctions, and they had their thumbs in the scales.

Related Idea

Idea 7136 Morality is a system of values which accompanies a being's life [Nietzsche]