Posted by Andy Mitchel on January 12, 1998 at 23:59:55:
What does everyone think of the "God is dead" declaration?
I believe this is the single most liberating insight the world has ever seen. What inspires me about Nietzche is that in his world we all free to form our own gods and values. When there is no absolute morality, you can construct a system of values that serves your own ends; THAT is freedom. The challange of Nietzche and his supermen is whether or not we philosophers can continue living and believing without a supernatural/religious backbone to life that sles it with "meaning". Nietzche says create our own meaning. Any thoughts?