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This 5 page paper examines Nietzsche's ideas about God, and the good versus evil debate, in two separate essays. Kant's ideas are touched on as well. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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philosopher explains that whatever is new, is always considered evil (Nietzsche, 1974). He explains that whatever wants to conquer as the old boundary markers or old pieties is not
seen as good, but rather, only what is old is good (1974). One may see examples of this in daily life as whenever a new generation does something, it is
construed as bad, but the old paradigms are embraced as good. For instance, while many parents today hold the new punk rock styles of shaved heads, black nail polish and
spikes as bad, they look back fondly on their youth when they had long hair, tattoos and torn jeans. The things they are nostalgic about are the things their parents
despised. The lesson is that whenever something is new, such as styles introduced by a new generation, it is construed as bad simply because it is new. Interestingly, such things
are really not new in the scheme of things, but they are new to the society at the time and represent change, something that many resist. In his work
entitled Gay Science, the philosopher goes on to explain that good men are viewed as those who embrace old thoughts (Nietzsche, 1974). It does seem to be true
that when someone supports old institutions and mainstays they are applauded by the larger society. The philosophers other ideas go to imagery. Nietzsche also held on to the notion
that people will label people like themselves good, and those who are different, bad. One sees this in ordinary life as people seem to associate with others like themselves, and
gossip about those who have different mores. Adkins uses a Homeric nobleman as an example of this (MacIntyre, 1966). Additionally, this simplistic but important good versus bad, or good
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