Single Idea 2875

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention]

Full Idea

That which is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.

Gist of Idea

That which is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Beyond Good and Evil [1886], §153)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Beyond Good and Evil', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1973], p.85


A Reaction

He is referring to the conventional morality of his contemporary society. Nietzsche clearly thought that actions motivated by love are intrinsically good. (Apart from murders by the jealous!).