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Most of them have to do with causing harm to other members of the community and violating their rights as they are defined within the community. For example murder is almost universally considered as an immoral act. However, there are situations for which murder is considered justifiable. A court will find someone innocent of murder if they can ...
Mar 19, 2015 · Immoralism therefore seems to be defensible only from the viewpoint of a morality, which makes it appear to be as self-refuting as another notorious Nietzschean claim, that truths are illusions. I have argued elsewhere that Nietzsche actually overcame this paradoxical claim about truth in his later works, starting with his Genealogy of Morals ( Clark 1990 ).
Immoralism allows individuals to act according to their own desires and interests, without being constrained by external moral codes. In contrast, moralism holds individuals accountable to universal moral truths that dictate what is right and wrong. One key difference between immoralism and moralism is their views on the nature of morality ...
By examining the central thesis of Nietzsche's immoralism and elucidating many of his key ideas, e.g. ‘the will to power’, ‘master–slave morality’ and the ‘overman’ (superman), Foot argues that although Nietzsche's immoralism should be given serious consideration, the emphatic conclusion is that, in the last analysis, no part of his attack on morality is convincing.
Sep 15, 2003 · What is currently known as moral particularism is the view that there are no defensible moral principles and that moral reasons, or well-grounded moral facts, can exist independently of any basis in a general principle. A contrary view holds that moral reasons are necessarily general, whether because the sources of their justification are all general or because a moral claim is ill-formed if ...
It is important to stress that immoralism does not rule out the possibility, explored by moderate moralism and ethicism, of moral flaws that impact negatively the artistic value of a work. Immoralism is simply committed to the additional claim that sometimes a moral flaw may enhance the artistic value of a work of art.
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The dazzling beauty of Nietzsche’s writings may blind the reader to the explosive character of his opinions.¹ Nietzsche expounded a radical and aristocratic egoism; poured scorn on Platonism, Christianity, modernity, enlightenment, democracy, socialism, and the emancipation of women; denounced the belief in human equality as a calamitous ...
