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Going beyond good and evil means we are in territory not covered by traditional morality.
In ‘On the Genealogy of Morality’, Nietzsche argued that there are two types of morality: master morality and slave morality. “Good” and “evil”, he argued, are concepts that fall squarely under the latter.
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“God is dead”, Zarathustra said in Nietzsche’s Thus Spake Zarathustra, “and we have killed him.” Morality had been the domain of religion for centuries and millennia, until now.
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Today, calling someone a sophist is often meant in an disapproving way. We often use the term for a certain
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It is hard to overstate the importance and influence of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) on 20th century thinking. Philosophical theories and
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One way in which utilitarianism differs from Kantian deontology is in its view of intention and consequences. We covered this
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As we have seen in another post, for utilitarianism the value of acts and actions is based on their results.
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What matters, rather than intention, is the outcome of actions. We justify the value of our deeds only on their
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Kant distinguishes between two types of imperatives, or moral guides. Hypothetical imperatives tell us how to act in order to
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With modernity, as respect for science grew, so did the idea that the scientific model could be used in areas
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Today, when we hear the term “Epicurean” we thinking of a person devoted to sensual enjoyment, especially someone whose self-indulgent
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The Epicurean Paradox, also known as the “God Paradox” or “Problem of Evil,” is a logical argument that questions the
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Born on the Greek island of Samos seven years after the death of Plato, Epicurus described the goal of life
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Virtue is behaviour that shows high moral standards. To display virtue is to display goodness in something. Aristotle explains moral
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Aristotle’s ethics can be mainly found in two of his works: Eudemian Ethics, and Nichomachean Ethics. They both carry the
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Socrates lived around four centuries BC, and his fame has far surpassed his living years. He never wrote any of
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