Single Idea 22501

[catalogued under 20. Action / A. Definition of Action / 1. Action Theory]

Full Idea

Nietzsche thought profoundly mistaken a taxonomy that classified actions as the doing of this or that, insisting that the true nature of an action depended rather on the nature of the individual who did it.

Gist of Idea

Nietzsche classified actions by the nature of the agent, not the nature of the act

Source

report of Friedrich Nietzsche (Works (refs to 8 vol Colli and Montinari) [1885], 7) by Philippa Foot - Natural Goodness 7

Book Reference

Foot,Philippa: 'Natural Goodness' [OUP 2003], p.110


A Reaction

This is more in the spirit of Aristotle than in the modern legalistic style. It seems to totally ignore consequences, which would puzzle victims or beneficiaries of the action.