Nietzsche said that our "slave moralities" would be the death of us, was he right?
Deeply consider this, after all, Nietzsche was no dummy, so his arguments deserve careful consideration.
What moralities was he speaking of? Examples: "love you enemy"; "the meek shall inherit"; "turn the other cheek". This morality is mainsteam in America, in other words, whether followed or not, almost all Americans would say that this "is" morality or that this morality is the right one.
Fred would say "America was built on rugged pioneers and hungry hard working immigrents. These people were practical and did what was necessary to survive. Christian morality played no part in their success, but Christian morality is playing a great part in our decline, because we continue to raise protected generation after more protected generation under the 'meekness' doctrines of Christianty. This directly creates the cowardly and naive segement we call THE LEFT."
2007-01-11 07:36:00 · 3 answers · asked by Asmodeous 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am sick to death of pacifism. It is impotent and useless.
2007-01-11 07:40:44 · answer #1 · answered by mutterhalls 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there is some truth in "love your enemy", in the sense that you should see that the enemy is also human and that you don't demonize him and that you think about making peace instead of thinking of destroying your enemy. However you can't really "love" every enemy and I don't think that many Americans "love" Islamic terrorists, for example. It is not right to love someone who is evil.
I don't believe in "turn the other cheek" as this promotes violence instead of stopping it. If the good people always turn the other cheek, at the end the evil and violent will rule the world. But I don't think that "an eye for an eye" is the right option. I think you have to defend yourself when necessary, but not seek revenge.
And I would always be careful with Darwinism, it is right that it can happen that you have to struggle for your survival, but Darwinism in the sense that you become selfish and aggressive is something I strongly disagree with.
2007-01-11 07:49:43 · answer #2 · answered by Elly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you finding friends are in short supply?
2007-01-11 07:48:45 · answer #3 · answered by luvwinz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋