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Single Idea 24109

[catalogued under 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / c. Particularism]

Full Idea

Actual morality is infinitely more subtle, more complicated, more thoughtful than theoretical morality: the latter still stands awkward and embarrassed at the starting point.

Gist of Idea

Actual morality is more complicated and subtle than theory (which gets paralysed)

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1881-82 [1882], 7[202])

A Reaction

Glad to find an explicit endorsement of particularism in Nietzsche, since so much of his discussion points that way.

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Joyful Science, and 1881-82 fragments (v 6)', ed/tr. Del Caro,Adrian [Stanford 2023], p.273