Ethics Research Essay

The Radical Nietzsche Theory is one of many controversies. It rejects the idea of solidarity with others, compassion and pity. On the other hand, it focuses on self reliance and strength. He believes that humans are currently like tamed animals, forced to be passive and meek. He believes that humans have unlocked potential greatness and through freeing ourselves from the chains of society, we can become our true nature. He believes that society is dictating these moral codes in order to control us and our natures. Nietzsche's moral heroes are supermen whom have the ability to reject conventual moral codes and therefore become beyond good and evil.

Therefore, let's say that you were one of these "supermen" (or women) and you saw a young child crying over a popped balloon. You would probably ignore the child because you believe that the child would need to grow up and become stronger, rather than cry over such a small thing.

Another example would be if you were hungry but you had not food in the house, you would go outside and just get some, because its what you want, whether or not it is legal to go out to someone else's house and eat their food, or hunt in the backyard for birds, or steal from the supermarket in order to find something to eat. You basically go back to your primal perspective on life and push away reason and logic and just focus on instinct.

Although this moral theory is quite empowering, I personally have to disagree with it's overall perspectives. I believe that because humans have the ability for thought, reason and logic, we should use that ability to our advantage. The way that we conduct ourselves is more to show how we want to be treated and if the entire would was as primal as what this moral code would take us to, our society would simply become animals and therefore there would be no real need for any our abilities, which I personally think are a waste. I would not like to go back to an animal when I have already experienced the joy of understanding. But that is just me.

Ethics, ethics, everywhere!

We started a new unit of ethics, which is all about how we come up with ethics and why we believe in them. It poses an interesting question, why do we think certain values are important. I mean, we never really think why we believe stuff like; killing is wrong, stealing is wrong, drugs are bad. I mean, there is the obvious reasons, some are bad for your health, some are against our human rights, but still, we never really consider the motives behind our internal moral compass. I guess it depends on the society or culture we are immersed in and our personal beliefs, which are often instilled in us through our family's beliefs and instincts. I guess in a way, most moral dilemmas are really just roundabout reasoning, like we learned before, it is circular reasoning to believe in something because your reasoning relies on that reasoning. I mean, our morals are instilled in us because that is the general concensus and we then create the concensus for everyone else. It really is a strange concept if you think about it and I wonder if it is really trustworthy to believe in morals just because everyone else does. I guess each person needs to sit down and think, like I have, and decide what they believe is good or bad. Some of the morals around me I find are not really as extreme or singular as others tend to believe while some are important, and should be paid more attention to.