Hi again, this time I will continue talking about issue raised in my previous post. Last time I finished my post by mentioning Nietzsche's higher type. Few weeks ago we had a lecture titled "Nietzsche: revaluation of all values?". I can not say that I enjoyed that lecture due to my bias against Nietzsche. For me he was just an insane person. His written work was edited, manipulated and published by his sister. It was later used by Nazis people in order to justify their actions. Here is link: http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/classes/133p/133p04papers/MKalishNietzNazi046.htm
The lecture about Nietzsche have inspired me. I often observe how people behave and I try to understand their motives. After the lecture I noticed that many people still believe in the 'survival of the fittest' concept. They act like Nietzsche's noble man who does not have to care about others if he does not want to. What kind of behaviour is that? Does being noble and/or privileged can result in discarding responsibility? Imagine how our world would looked like if everyone would have behaved like that. We would be like animals which mindlessly kill each other. On the other hand, we as society can not force an individual to live according to our beliefs as long as he does not break the law. We cannot force some to bring up his own child. Notice how tricky social rules can be. Society can establish general law which everyone should follow. That law is supposed to make our life better. However, a person can follow the law in a country but he can still hurt others. There are many ways for it. You can treat people instrumentally like as if they were toys. You would barely find any situation in which the law could prevent using someone. Of course there is a difference between abusing someone, which punishable, and just using someone. That difference is liquid and hard to fix. In other words, the law allows you to hurt others but only to some extent. If a marked line is crossed you may expect that they will be punished. No matter how noble you feel you have to obey at least a part of social rules. However, you can always try to reach the top of the politic ladder and force your own way of life to others. That would make you a perfect superman. Do not you agree?
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