Why Can't We All Just Get Along? Uncertain Biological Basis of Morality (2013)

Re:Why Can't We All Just Get Along? Uncertain Biological Bas... by raxxorrax on Monday August 03, 2020 @02:59AM (#24034881)

I think Nietzsche was a great man and not nearly as judgmental as he conducted himself. But I also believe the classical explanation that he had a problem with his mother and that is the reason why he had such strong expectations towards himself and others.

Nazis abused his writings but he wouldn't have like them of course. His dislike for christian morals is understandable because he saw them as a form of subjugation and contrary to emancipation. I think this grew to an unfortunate amount of hatred later on. He is partially correct as are the morals of Christianity in my opinion.

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Re:Why Can't We All Just Get Along? Uncertain Biological Bas... by keiferski on Monday August 03, 2020 @03:13AM (#24034943)

Well I only invoked the quote as a response to universalism, not necessarily as a reference to Nietzsche’s ideas in general.

But sure, I don’t agree with him on everything, and while I think his diagnosis of Christianity is in many ways correct, it also is flawed in others. Of course we have to differentiate between what Nietzsche actually wrote and what the popular culture notion of his ideas is.

Otherwise, I don’t think I’d agree that his high expectations come from a Freudian read of his childhood. For the most part they are pre-Socratic Ancient Greek cultural values, especially agon, which was a sort of competition.

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Re:Why Can't We All Just Get Along? Uncertain Biological Bas... by newen on Monday August 03, 2020 @01:33PM (#24040774)

Weird tendency in modern internet discourse of pseudo psychoanalyzing people in order to discredit them. Instead of say engaging in the discussion, talk about their ideas, etc.

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