In the last post we explored Nietzsche’s controversial - even potentially sociopathic - views on the instrumentalisation of other people. For his ‘Higher’ human being, other people are reduced to being a ‘means’, a ‘delay’, an ‘obstacle’ or a ‘temporary resting place’. For us, this might be hard to swallow. We like to think we view each other a little more respectfully than that. Nietzsche’s so-called ‘Higher’ type seems to treat people as little more than objects to be stepp

In the last post we toyed with the idea of a more Nietzschean type of morality - one where moral judgements are not based on the mediocritising values of the herd, which is what Nietzsche claims prevails today. Instead, in this alternative morality, judgements are determined by the extent to which any course of action furthers or thwarts our great creative projects. In this post, I intend to begin considering aspects of my life and behaviour in reference to my own project of