PHIL 259 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Promise This, Syphilis

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 259
• Professor: David Boutland

Document Summary

Challenged the foundations of modern christianity and the traditional morality, not recognized until after his death. Thought morality was hostile to basic human nature. Suprahuman vs. superman ( set up for suprahuman ideals, unrealistic, set us up to fail; superhuman embraces natural instincts, human nature) Nihilism: moral value is contrived, no objective moral principles. Moral nihilism- rejection of moral value entirely (cid:862)god is dead a(cid:374)d (cid:449)e ha(cid:448)e killed hi(cid:373), you a(cid:374)d i(cid:863) Means that god never existed in the first place. Contradiction of moral nihilism- collapses on itself, he links what we ought to do with what is natural for us. Myth #1- (cid:862)the (cid:396)o(cid:373)a(cid:374)ti(cid:272) lo(cid:448)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)eptio(cid:374) of (cid:373)a(cid:396)(cid:396)iage i(cid:373)plies that lo(cid:448)e is a du(cid:396)a(cid:271)le passio(cid:374)(cid:863) This would make marriage a suprahuman institution. Compare promising, one must earn the right to promise. This is a pia fraus- holy fraud. Ideal of marriage is problematic, institution of marriage is a complete fraud, erotic love si(cid:373)ply does(cid:374)"t (cid:449)o(cid:396)k that (cid:449)ay.