BF199 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Eternal Return, Michel Foucault, Totalitarianism
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Nietzsche, friedrich - on the genealogy of morals. Definition of fascism something bad, it uses to weaken the position of others. We ought to be made of finer stuff than utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is pursuit of pleasure for the most people. Only a few in a vast population are great men. Condemns the field of philosophy (thinking about life) as weak and misguided. He thinks the western moral thought (what"s good/bad) had exhausted its possibilities. The world around you is baseless and broken. Cut ourselves from dated ideas and think of ourselves in purely humanistic ways. He is in pursuit of the greater form of life. It originally means powerful, masters, those in command, the rich, the owners. Morality and value must be revalued (rethought) How people live and believe is wrong, broken, and corrupted. He wants us to reject our old ways of thinking and create new ways in terms of life.
