We choose, and choose agin and again. If that choice follows a pattern, it follows a rule. But then,if the choice follows a rule, is it free? — Banno
A rule that no one else could understand, or merely a rule that no one else does understand because they have not been told about it. — Janus
And though it be articulatable we can have no behavioristic criteria for determining if an act is moral, though we can check if it follows the rule. — Moliere
So was the rule I followed that their number plates added to a prime, or that their ancestry was Slav? — Banno
Always get rid of the idea of the private object in this way: assume that it constantly changes but you do not notice the change because your memory constantly deceives you
PI p.207e
So how can morality be a private object? — Banno
So was the rule I followed that their number plates added to a prime, or that their ancestry was Slav? — Banno
So an act's being moral is hidden, private - and hence irrelevant. Between you and your maker, I suppose. — Banno
The private rule is that one ought act with moral intent. But could you even know if you had done so? Perhaps your memory is mistaken, and you did not intend to act morally, at the time, even though it now appears to you that your intent was moral.
This happens. We justify our actions post hoc.
And if this were so, we could never know if our actions were moral.
It is possible for Nietzsche’s public conduct to be guided by private rules — Fooloso4
Maybe Nietzsche is not just one thing. — Valentinus
Nietzsche's view is just that the Übermensch can look at some "herd" morality like Christianity, disagree with their claim that "the meek shall inherit the Earth", and instead decide to value strength. — Michael
The problem of a language that is private is that it cannot convey meaning. — Fooloso4
whereas anyone can learn what it is the Übermensch values and check for consistency in his behaviour. — Michael
Doesn't the Übermensch reject any rule-following in order to achieve greatness? And isn't the will to power more than mere strength? If the Übermensch decides that apple trees are important, and spends his life planting apple seeds with no regard to others, he expresses the will to power as well as any monarch. — Banno
The problem of a language that is private is that it cannot convey meaning.
— Fooloso4
Isn't it more that is can't be useful? — Banno
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