Nietzsche it is said was just trying to create a new morality or ethos of what he saw as the deterioration of the current ones.
His fatal flaw and error you see is that once the genie comes out of the bottle there is no way to bring it back inside again.
Once moral nihilism is realized all re-emergences of so called morality or ethics are stopped dead in their tracks. They can be nothing more.
Once moral and ethical systems deteriorate breaking down altogether there is no way to recover them or make an entirely new set.
For this moral nihilism is inescapable, unavoidable, and inevitable.
His fears of moral nihilism and trying to overcome them were flawed. Moral nihilism should be embraced instead.
There is nothing to be feared or overcomed. There is only the embrace of moral nihilism which is the natural expression of this existence.
Concerning the slaves of the world they also will eventually come to realise moral nihilism as there will come a time where the irrelevancy of morality, ethics, law, and authority will be finally exposed in plain sight everywhere.
When that happens a new perception will emerge and it shall be do whatever thou shall will where all imposed limitations or interventions will be no more.
Creative destruction then will be prevalent once again worldwide. More importantly the natural expression of anarchy will find itself prevalent around the world once again.
Sure, there will always be those who seek to have the order and rules over others but once moral nihilism removes the carrot and stick of morality out of their arsenal their ability to control others will forever be diminished never to be returned ever again. Moral nihilism in this regard becomes a double edged blade.
He can’t have an objective system of morality, but he’s not trying to. He’s perfectly entitled to have his own subjective system of values and norms that he can try to impose on people through his will to power.
He can’t have an objective system of morality, but he’s not trying to. He’s perfectly entitled to have his own subjective system of values and norms that he can try to impose on people through his will to power.
This view is to be expected from a thought which moves only in one dimension and along a single plateau. Because you cannot see deeper into how various moral ideas are different from each other, from where morals come, or why they even exist, let alone “what morality is”, you are forced to conclude as you do – simplistically and fallaciously. And also psychologically self-servingly.
Nietzsche was not afraid of moral nihilism. He was afraid of the kind of nihilism which you represent, and because he saw your type coming into power and staying in power.
For one thing, you are eminently moral yourself.
No it isn’t.
Self-value is the natural expression of this existence.
It’s just that you happen to manifest your self-valuing by attempting to cut if off and deny it – “nihilism” is only a philosophy of weakness.
You really don’t understand Nietzsche at all, do you.
Creative destruction is always prevalent in the world.
And “anarchy” is and never will be a valid philosophy, much less politics.
Try Humanarchy instead.
Order and rules are an inherent part of existence, especially of organisms and “life”. Let alone consciousness itself, as we experience it and are manifested thusly.
Well, by that sort of thinking–i.e., morally nihilistic thinking–, it’s not true that moral nihilism should be embraced, as there are no shoulds or should-nots.
Ah, but it’s not the end result. You see, you were mistaken when you said:
If there is no reason to be truthful, why should people not start believing in imaginary carrots and sticks again?
What about the mental adaptation to the notion that there is no reason to be truthful? As Palahniuk wrote, “If you watch close, history does nothing but repeat itself.” (Palahniuk, Survivor.)
History often enough does repeat itself but there is several transformations also to be of note.
If the general population comes to a conclusion that they’ve been conditioned to believe in mass delusion all these thousands of years in what is described as civilization we are looking at a major transformation and not some repeat of business as usual.
I believe this awakened collective consciousness is very much possible.
I’m not suggesting some sort of positive collective consciousness either but one of eternal rebellion and defiance where moral nihilism will become dominantly paramount.
Oh, such a cataclysm is definitely possible. It’s just that, sooner or later, a similar mass delusion will again emerge. The rebellion and defiance will by no means be eternal. Anarchy is only an intermediary stage.
When you first set out in philosophy, did you ever have dreams and hopes, ambitions and desires, a sense of beauty in studying the unknown and coming into a better working knowledge of the universe?
Why has it, after reading some dead Prussian, philosophy has become nothing but one short, meaningless narrow road to murder and suicide, with commentary?
Why is this the sum of philosophy for you? All Nietzscheans are addicted to suicide. Knock it off or get on with it, pick a date when you all want to do it, and leave the living to their own devices.
Impossible to imagine a more dreary and worthless philosophy where everyone either wants to die or enslave and whip one another… just… come on, its clearly a lunatic religion, right up there with the Heaven’s Gate Cult.
Go ride a bicycle, and eat some icecreme in the park, play with a puppy… the puppy knows better than to do this to itself, let it rub off on you a bit.
No more suiciding dammit. If you suicide, we will jail you, and you’ll pay a fine, and do community service after. Playing with a puppy sounds alot better now, doesn’t it?