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Sorry, I mean Nietzsche promotes a somewhat Darwin-like approach, where virtue based philosophies have little for promoting your own well being. Scientifically

Sorry, I mean Nietzsche promotes a somewhat Darwin-like approach, where virtue based philosophies have little for promoting your own well being. Scientifically, the former seems more like it reflects reality. It doesnt have to do with cutting edge stuff. It has to do with the debate between Realism and Idealism.

justin66 3y ago
Nietzsche advocated what we would today call Social Darwinism, but his ethics was a virtue ethics.
- lapcat 3y ago
  > Nietzsche advocated what we would today call Social Darwinism Not really. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Darwinism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Darwinism Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy addressed the question of artificial selection, yet Nietzsche's principles did not concur with Darwinian theories of natural selection. Nietzsche's point of view on sickness and health, in particular, opposed him to the concept of biological adaptation as forged by Spencer's "fitness". Nietzsche criticized Haeckel, Spencer, and Darwin, sometimes under the same banner by maintaining that in specific cases, sickness was necessary and even helpful. In fact, Nietzsche experienced a number of health problems himself.
  - justin66 3y ago
    Social Darwinism is not an incredibly useful term (and it's interesting the extent to which the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy buries it: I was going to try and find you a better reference and to some extent failed https://plato.stanford.edu/index.html https://plato.stanford.edu/index.html), not to mention it's not a good concept, but that Wikipedia page is really not a good exploration of the topic. Nevertheless, note that Nietzsche is listed in the "proponents" section. Social Darwinism, when used as a concept by people in practice, has never been about a rigorous application of Darwin's theory.

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Sorry, I mean Nietzsche promotes a somewhat Darwin-like approach, where virtue based philosophies have little for promoting your own well being. Scientifically

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justin66 3y ago
Nietzsche advocated what we would today call Social Darwinism, but his ethics was a virtue ethics.
- lapcat 3y ago
  > Nietzsche advocated what we would today call Social Darwinism Not really. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Darwinism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Darwinism Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy addressed the question of artificial selection, yet Nietzsche's principles did not concur with Darwinian theories of natural selection. Nietzsche's point of view on sickness and health, in particular, opposed him to the concept of biological adaptation as forged by Spencer's "fitness". Nietzsche criticized Haeckel, Spencer, and Darwin, sometimes under the same banner by maintaining that in specific cases, sickness was necessary and even helpful. In fact, Nietzsche experienced a number of health problems himself.
  - justin66 3y ago
    Social Darwinism is not an incredibly useful term (and it's interesting the extent to which the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy buries it: I was going to try and find you a better reference and to some extent failed https://plato.stanford.edu/index.html https://plato.stanford.edu/index.html), not to mention it's not a good concept, but that Wikipedia page is really not a good exploration of the topic. Nevertheless, note that Nietzsche is listed in the "proponents" section. Social Darwinism, when used as a concept by people in practice, has never been about a rigorous application of Darwin's theory.