tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post2301205522609575525..comments2024-03-15T19:54:18.063+00:00Comments on Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart: How Nietzsche Conquered America: Ratner-Rosenhagen and the False Dichotomy of Absolutism and NihilismLarry Arnharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-67886322221013979752013-12-05T16:18:00.307+00:002013-12-05T16:18:00.307+00:00"Nietzsche's historicist relativism makes..."Nietzsche's historicist relativism makes it impossible for us to believe in any absolute objective standards rooted in Nature, God, or Reason, because we see that all standards are human creations or cultural projects with no eternal grounding."<br /><br />Well, take the Shakers' celibacy. That is a human created standard. But it is not natures standard because nature drives to extinction those who practice it. Nature does have standards in that values have survival value. So that question is, what are the standards that need to be adopted to exist and persist in the world. Those standards will be natural and objective, and mandatory in that those who don't practice them cease to exist. But they also might be contextual as different strategies might be better in different settings (pacifism might be better for those who could never win). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com