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[Anonymous No.11732901]

In the first essay of genealogy of morals he claimed to have a criticism of Herbert Spencer’s concept of goodness, which he equated to “that which proves useful to the individual repeatedly” (paraphrasing). He never went in depth about this criticism, but is it some more of that ding an sich shit?

[Anonymous No.11732925]

>>11732901
I gathered that Nietzsche believed any concept of moral goodness inside utilitarian categories was weak and slavish a la self sacrifice

His conception of nobility as the original moral virtue stands outside all utilitarian calculation because it is end in itself

[Anonymous No.11732948]

>>11732925
philologically he took issue with the concept of nobility, so what was his personal definition of the word?

[Anonymous No.11733276]

>>11732901
N's assertion is that if something was good (say, an act of charity) because it was/is useful, why would people forget the usefulness and start viewing that act as good-in-itself. For, this is what morality champions, doing things that are good in themselves.

[Anonymous No.11733483]

>>11733276
I don’t really see that as a criticism of Spencer then, so much as Nietzsche’s own assumption that Spencer was referring to a social code of morality, as opposed to moral relativism.