Posted by heather steffen on April 16, 19101 at 22:13:44:

well, where to start? (for the remainder of this anyone feel free to correct me) here's the basic thing, nietzsche doesn't really think that "good" exists at all. mostly in "Genealogy of Morals" n. does lay out what he thinks "good," "bad," and "evil" actually are...no more than societal constructions, to oversimplify a bit. ok, so n. says that it all starts with the nobles looking at themselves and saying "we are good." thus, from their view all that is not them is the "bad." at this point the "good and bad" were not really valuations, but only social distinctions made by the noble class. ok, so the commoners are bad then. well, they don't like being called that and begin to think of the nobles (the other) as "evil"... this commoner's "evil" is distinct from the noble's "good" in that it now becomes a moralization. at the same time the commoners call themselves the "good." thus the "good" nobles have become "evil" and the "bad" commoners have become "good." so from this VERY VERY simplistic version of n's argument, you can see the problem with asking if nietzsche thinks people should be "good." anyway...for what nietzsche thinks of people, try the third book of "Genealogy" "Zarathustra" and lots of other stuff....he thinks basically that modern man is a "bridge" to the Ubermensch (overman). and thus "should" be neither good nor bad nor evil, but merely seek to affirm life and his will and further the progression to the goal of the Ubermensch. ok, thats all i've got time for, sorry if it is totally wrong or makes no sense. :/

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