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Dvi pareigos sampratos: Nietzsche ir Kantas
Two concepts of duty: Nietzsche and Kant

Author(s): Edita Budrytė
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: "vergų moralė"; "ponų moralė"; autonimiškumas; pareiga; individualumas; concept of duty in Kantian morality and Nietzsche's philosophy;

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article is the concept of duty in Kantian morality and Nietzsche's philosophy. For Kant as well as for Nietzsche duty has the form of autonomous imperative. The article concentrates on two interpretations of duty as based upon reason's authority over inclinations and as irrational Will to Power. Nietzsche opposed Kant's intention to base our undifferential equality as moral agents on categorical imperative. To conceive of morality in universal terms is to disregard basic differences between individuals.

  • Issue Year: 06/2004
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 27-31
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Lithuanian