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For questions about ethics, a branch of philosophy dealing with morality, justice, virtue, vice, good and evil.

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How does Nietzsche's Übermensch actually behaves?

How does Nietzsche's Übermensch actually behave? Given that the Übermensch decides on and develops its own goals and values, then no particular set of behaviors can be predicted or is expected. The U …
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Is there a term for the belief that if it's illegal, it's immoral?

An appeal to the law fallacy (argumentum ad legem in Latin) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_the_law#:~:text=An%20appeal%20to%20the%20law,purely%20because%20it%20is%20illegal.
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Isn't an appeal to emotions in fact necessary to validate our ethical decisions?

This is getting long but I think virtue ethics (the name itself already points to the appeals) also has appeals to emotion - admiration, for example - built in. I'll leave that argument gestural. …
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Could Nietzsche's love of fate be utopian?

I see amor fati in Nietzsche as a philosophical attitude which he saw as most noble and life affirming. Similar to the Stoics' stances, but taking it a step further: don't just maintain equanimity in …
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