April 26, 2015

Strength

If we accept Darwin's theory of evolution whose main postulate is the survival of the fittest, what survives is Good and what doesn't survive is Bad. This is of course, based on a very simple interpretation of the meaning of the words "good" and "bad". That is, "Good" is something everyone wants and "Bad" is some thing nobody wants. If survival of the fittest is the law of the nature, then the only good is to survive, and the only prerequisite for survival is to be fit, that is to be strong. It is in this spirit, Nietzsche seems to say that Strength is the only Good and weakness is the only Bad. There are no morals, nor any principles. It is strength alone, that is Good and that one should strive to acquire. Weak people are condemned by nature to be at the mercy of the Strong. For it is the strong that nature has granted the right to survive, and maintain continuity.

Thus, our morals, are just a sham if we accept Darwin's theory of survival of fittest. There seems to be no basis for our morals, only that they have been there since a long time. Our morals seem to be  from a time when Darwin did not exist. And have no basis in this world of Darwinism and Capitalism.

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