Essay Nietzsche Wolf Flashcards
1
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Intro ()
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- Human disposition, meaning, personal experience/nature
- Tackle discussion point, compelling
2
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Summary Nietzsche ()
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- Disagree
- Moral Relativism, Utility
- Beyond Good and Evil, Achieving Greatness = Meaning
- Will to Power
- Suffering Necessary
- Master, Slave, Creator, Creature
3
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Nietzsche Objection 1 ()
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- Suffering makes sense, artist, leader
- Problem with necessity
- Breaking points
- Veteran with PTSD, free spirit, exercise will to power, engenders dysfunction, acute distress
- Taking orders
- Added condition
- Link
4
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Nietzsche Objection 2 ()
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- Will to Power Problematic
- Affirmed and Exercised, Preferred
- Vaguely, Cannot be criticised
- Unconvincing, why is master morality meaningful and something like altruism not if we are unsure which is the dominant drive
5
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Summary Wolf/Compare ()
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- Disagree for different reasons
- Third missing, positively engage with reasons worthy of love
- Personal/Impersonal
- Bipartite
- Unworthy reasons, livelihood takes priority
- More attainable
- Good fortune, bad fortune
6
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Wolf Objection 1 ()
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- Objective definition
- Problem, requires other people, theoretical
- Dependent on society, cultural relativism
- Fictional country, crosswords
- Ancient society that kills
- Form not concise theory
7
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Wolf Defence ()
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- Bad analogies, unrealistic
- Subjective is necessary
- Most important person in the equation, what gives society authority
- Philosopher, changes world, doesn’t change anything about his life, dissatisfied
- Why should we condemn satisfied people
