Ressentiment

Another philosophy of Nietzsche was related to the notion of ressentiment. Defined, ressentiment is any cautious, defeatist, or cynical attitude based on the belief that the individual and human institutions exist in a hostile or indifferent universe or society and an oppressive awareness of the futility of trying to improve one's status in life or in society (dictionary.com). In the work, On the Genealogy of Morals, ressentiment is illustrated in the way the Jewish clerics act in response to

problems. To Nietzschean philosophy Hitler is equivalent to the ascetic priest who redirects the public’s ressentiment to the Jewish. It’s important to note that ressentiment also built in the Lagers but through the systemized degradation employed by the Hitler, it was redirected amongst the prisoners. Nietzsche would see this in the Kapos and SS men, as they redirected the prisoners’ ressentiment onto other prisoners due to prisoner-on-prisoner abuse. Furthermore, the self-deceptive aspect of slave

outside world to stop interfering with one’s inner self, which is what Buddhism focuses on. Although Nietzsche favored Buddhism when comparing to Christianity, he thinks of both religions nihilistic. Buddhism counters ressentiment, while Christianity is basically born out of ressentiment. While Buddhism makes effort to perceive the world as it is. Nietzsche sees no explanation of the suffering that necessarily enhances the human condition, making it clear that no one is responsible for

In her seminal novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee introduces many racial controversies that continue to plague America today. Specifically, Tom Robinson’s conviction: One summer morning, a poor white woman named Mayella Ewell invited black laborer Tom Robinson to perform manual labor for her. Soon, she begins to harbor a romantic attraction towards him. Unfortunately, such an advance is taboo in their society, and when Mayella is caught, her family quickly constructs a narrative of

In this essay Marx’s and Nietzsche’s philosophies on the term “alienation” will be analyzed first with explanations of both philosopher’s theories, then a contrast of said theories. Marx and Nietzsche both see most people as profoundly alienated, but for many different reasons. Marx’s theory of alienation comes from the class struggle between the bourgeoisie and proletariat, with the product of labor being the sole cause of alienation. Nietzsche observes that alienation is determined by a reactionary

1. What is, according to Kant, the only kind of motive for action that has genuine moral worth? According to Kant, the act from duty is the only kind of motive for actions that has moral grounds. This shows someone determination towards act on any circumstances. This act from duty is to do right things for specific reason, in this matter motive plays a key role. Motives which lead humanity have more standing rather than selfish motive or self-agenda. 2. State the Formula of Universal Law of the

critique of Socrates, demonstrating that Socrates, as an individual, belonged to the lowest level of society in Athens as a consequence of his repulsive figure, and therefore, created his philosophy not with the intent of enlightenment, but as a ressentiment (i.e. resentment) towards the Athenian aristocracy. Second, I will examine

Friedrich Nietzsche reconceptualized ethics by questioning the foundations of good and evil. He traced the terms back to what he called the development of “noble morality” and “slave morality.” The word “good” is related to the words the Goths, Greeks, and Celts used to describe themselves, an affirmative definition based on the nobility of life. “Bad” is the term for others in noble morality. However, since the development of “slave morality,” the terms were translated in a negative definition that

In Karl Marx’s “On the Jewish Question” and Friedrich Nietzsche’s The Genealogy of Morals, both criticize political liberalism. Marx and Nietzsche agree that political liberalism doesn’t take into context what mankind is really like. They acknowledge that although political liberalism advocates that all man is free and equal, that isn’t necessarily the case. Despite this similarity, they have slightly different views on how applications of liberalism affects man in general. For Nietzsche, liberalism

Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher who wrote a book called On the Genealogy of Morals. This book is comprised of three different essays, and the first essay is titled “’Good and Evil,’ ‘Good and Bad.’” Rather than going straight into what Nietzsche talks about in his first essay, it would be better to start off by breaking down the title of his book. The Oxford English Dictionary defines genealogy as “an account of one’s descent from an ancestor or ancestors, by enumeration of the intermediate