I
-Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols (PDF)I
truly need to question how much Western history
such individuals understand. I
likewise question how they may understand evolutionary realities. I think that they are oblivious of both. However I still cling to hope And I believe in love Which‘s faith enough for me Faith, hope and love. This sounds familiar, however not for any reason an evolutionary biologist could discuss. If our ethics developed according to the needs of advancement, there would be no space for love. 1 Corinthians 13: 13 Now faith, hope, and love stay, these three; but the best of these is love. Oh, yeah. That’s where I read it. However the world till
then followed what one might think about a path consistent with evolutionary biology: the strong dominate the weak. There is no love in this. The pre-Christian Roman world had a set of principles, but nothing that would seem ethical to
the lyricist of Rush or to the commenters that inform me about how they have produced their own”assisting star.”The point of this very first task is to come up with an accurate declaration of the concept or principles on which all of our common moral judgments are based. The judgments
in concern are supposed to be those that any typical, sane, adult human being would accept on due reasonable reflection.-Kant’s Moral Viewpoint, Stanford Encyclopedia of Approach Let’s see what every”regular, sane, adult human being would accept
on due rational reflection”
prior to Christianity: Children left
at the side of the roadway or dumped in the sewers; any physical orifice– male or female(and under Nero, even servant or free )fair game to the male person, at any place, public or personal, and at any time, day
those who believe that they have in fact developed an ethical approach ex nihilo: why does it look a lot like Christian principles and natural
law, and not something more identifiable to an ethical system that would better comply with evolutionary biology– i.e., Rome? Conclusion I have actually got my own level for balance To tell if my choice is leading up or down Not according to Friedrich Nietzsche. From “The Parable of the Madman,”: “Where has God gone?” he wept.”I shall tell you. We have actually killed him-you and I. We are his killers. But how have we done this? How were we able to drain the sea? Who gave us the sponge to clean away the entire horizon? What did we do when we unchained the earth from its sun? Whither is it moving now? Whither are we moving now? Away from all suns? Are we not constantly falling?”Yes, we are.”Backward, sideward, forward, in all directions? Exists any up or down left?” No, there
is not.”Are we not wandering off as through a limitless nothing? Do we not feel the breath of void? Has it not end up being cooler? Is it not increasingly more night beginning all the time?”Yes, it is. We return to pre-Christian Rome.