rson the same definition of right and wrong, with the expectation that every individual will comply. Members of society are expected to fit into the mold and act accordingly. When a person’s actions go against society’s norms, the person is punished and looked down upon by the society. Such tools as the conscience and guilt are used by Christian society to force people into following its values and rules. Those at the head of Christian society, particularly Paul, who developed and created their own definitions of “good” and “evil” in the beginning expect other individuals in the future to follow a code of morals that is not personalized. Therefore these members of society have difficulty following along with the majority’s morals and are then made to feel guilty and evil for having different ideas of what morality is. In society, particularly Christian society, the idea of an individual is nonexistent to Nietzsche. Each person is not allowed his own idea of right and wrong and is expected to follow certain truths that he himself did not discover, but only accepted as being the truth. Nietzsche saw truth as an individual discovery or belief that a person must find alone. This internal truth can only be found if one throws away all prior preconceived notions about morality. By realizing that man is of this world and a part of nature, a person can focus on this life. Since Christianity’s teachings focus heavily on the afterlife and what is yet to come, the importance of life on earth is ignored. Through pity and the idea that all are equal, man is weakened and dragged down. Like Darwin, Nietzsche believed in survival of the fittest and that the strong will outlast the weak. Christianity teaches to protect and love the weak, forcing the strong to weaken and therefore become less of a threat to those that are weak. A society that brings down its strong members to a level that is ...
