[ExI] Origin of ethics and morals

[Stefano Vaj]

2011/12/11 Darren Greer <darren.greer3 at gmail.com>

> 2011/12/11 Stefano Vaj <stefano.vaj at gmail.com>
>
> http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/nietzsche/1886/beyond-good-evil/ch02.htm
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> Paragraph 34.
>

Thank you.


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>> but it would still leave wide open the possibility of prefering the truth
>> out of a personal taste ("Geschmack")... :-)
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> Yes, but this statement would preclude classifying someone as objectively
> "moral" for doing so, which I think is rather his point. In other words,
> knock yourself out but understand that it IS just a preference. Like the
> colour of your shoes.
>

Absolutely. In fact, Nietzsche may or may not be pro-science, but certainly
is not a moral "objectivist". In fact, the preference for the truth
probably corresponds to one's nature more than to some cosmic necessity.

-- 
Stefano Vaj
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