{"id":120904,"date":"2024-01-11T12:19:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T16:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=120904"},"modified":"2024-01-15T12:19:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T16:19:52","slug":"nietzsche-and-camus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/nietzsche-and-camus\/","title":{"rendered":"Nietzsche and Camus: No Such Thing as a \u201cGood\u201d Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What did Nietzsche and Camus teach about leading a good life? Why did they let go of the idea of pursuing goodness?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nietzsche and Camus both taught that pursuing moral goodness is not the best way to optimize your life. Looking at their philosophies, you can see how other ways of thinking can help you to make good decisions, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn why Nietzsche and Camus let go of the idea of moral goodness and what they suggested instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-philosophies-of-goodness\">Philosophies of Goodness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>19th-century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and 20th-century French author Albert Camus offer two different perspectives on why you shouldn\u2019t pursue goodness and how you should live instead. Here are key points from Nietzsche and Camus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-goodness-doesn-t-exist\">Goodness Doesn\u2019t Exist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Nietzsche (<a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/thus-spoke-zarathustra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Thus Spoke Zarathustra<\/em><\/a>) argues <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/thus-spoke-zarathustra#how-humans-should-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">there\u2019s no universal standard of a \u201cgood\u201d life<\/a>. To him, morality is all relative\u2014what\u2019s good to one person might be evil to another, and it\u2019s impossible to get around this. Nietzsche argues that,<strong> rather than worrying about morality, the best people contribute the most to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/history-of-human-evolution\/\">evolution of mankind<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his argument, Nietzsche refers to evolution in the Darwinian sense\u2014certain people survive and reproduce more due to naturally selected traits, and this pattern changes the nature of the species. According to him, <strong>social conformity and mediocrity cause mankind\u2019s evolution to stagnate, putting the whole species at risk<\/strong>\u2014if everyone is doing the same things and not pushing any new boundaries, mankind won\u2019t be able to change and adapt to future challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, he argues, the best possible person is unique, individualistic, and naturally skilled. These people reject <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/norms-of-society\/\">social norms<\/a> and morals, dedicating themselves to their passions and developing personally beneficial traits like strength and joy. This single-minded devotion allows them to develop remarkable intellect, strength, and talent for their passions, which they\u2019ll then pass on to the next generation of humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-goodness-is-unknowable\">Goodness Is Unknowable<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of claiming that a good life does or doesn\u2019t exist, some philosophers believe it\u2019s pointless to debate the question at all. In <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-myth-of-sisyphus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Myth of Sisyphus<\/em><\/a>, <strong>Camus argues it\u2019s impossible to understand the purpose or meaning of human life<\/strong>. This is because the answer to this question lies beyond the scope of human experience. For example, if God exists and provides humanity with purpose, then we still wouldn\u2019t <em>know <\/em>that our lives have purpose because we can\u2019t concretely know whether or not God exists. Since we can\u2019t know the <em>purpose <\/em>of human life, we have no frame of reference to say what kind of life is \u201cgood\u201d or \u201cbad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Camus calls this uncertainty \u201cthe absurd,\u201d and believes <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-myth-of-sisyphus#living-an-absurd-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the best way to live life is by being aware of and accepting the absurd<\/a>. This means recognizing that everything in your life might be pointless, but choosing to live on regardless\u2014and finding pleasure in doing so by seeking new experiences and living in the moment. Since the only thing you can be sure of is the life you have, you should make the most out of it instead of worrying about the possibility of an afterlife or a greater unknowable purpose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What did Nietzsche and Camus teach about leading a good life? Why did they let go of the idea of pursuing goodness? Nietzsche and Camus both taught that pursuing moral goodness is not the best way to optimize your life. Looking at their philosophies, you can see how other ways of thinking can help you to make good decisions, too. 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