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Is psychological egoism, or some other descriptive theory about some inescapable pattern of human nature, compatible with normativity?
Can true normative statements exist if our behaviour is determined by some uncontrollable process? If we can only act in our self-interest, is the norm 'you ought not kill' reasonable to hold someone ...
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Nietzsche's model of sociality in the ubermensch
As I understand it, Fredrich Nietzsche-- at least in the latest works he had scribed before his death-- was neither an advocate of antisocial nor prosocial passions. How he professes this position is ...
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