BSU bulletin. Philosophy
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DISCUSSION ON THE PROBLEM OF JUSTICE IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER AND FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE // BSU bulletin. Philosophy. - 2016. №6. Философия. Philosophy. - С. 3-12.
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DISCUSSION ON THE PROBLEM OF JUSTICE IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER AND FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
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The article presents a comparative analysis of the views of German philosophers Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche on the problem of justice. It is investigated that A. Schopenhauer believed that justice was arised from compassion and had purely moral origin, the philosopher bringed it to the rank of cardinal virtues. F. Nietzsche related laws of justice to the principle of hierarchy, and divided people into higher (spiritual aristocracy) and lower (the crowd). The philosopher believed that only the highest people were able to carry out the ideas of justice. A. Schopenhauer and F. Nietzsche had made a significant contribution to understanding of the problem of justice. On the one hand, justice should be based on the idea of sympathy, and, on the other, it can carry out only the highest people. The resolution of the problem of justice must proceed from the dialectical synthesis of A. Schopenhauer’s and F. Nietzsche’s views. The philosophers didn’t appeal to the ideas of the human mind Enlightenment, because they saw their own powerlessness against selfishness, and emphasized the role of ethical foundations for solution of different problems including the problems of justice in particular. It was proved that despite the differences in understanding of justice they considered it as the first principle of human existence.
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The article presents a comparative analysis of the views of German philosophers Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche on the problem of justice. It is investigated that A. Schopenhauer believed that justice was arised from compassion and had purely moral origin, the philosopher bringed it to the rank of cardinal virtues. F. Nietzsche related laws of justice to the principle of hierarchy, and divided people into higher (spiritual aristocracy) and lower (the crowd). The philosopher believed that only the highest people were able to carry out the ideas of justice. A. Schopenhauer and F. Nietzsche had made a significant contribution to understanding of the problem of justice. On the one hand, justice should be based on the idea of sympathy, and, on the other, it can carry out only the highest people. The resolution of the problem of justice must proceed from the dialectical synthesis of A. Schopenhauer’s and F. Nietzsche’s views. The philosophers didn’t appeal to the ideas of the human mind Enlightenment, because they saw their own powerlessness against selfishness, and emphasized the role of ethical foundations for solution of different problems including the problems of justice in particular. It was proved that despite the differences in understanding of justice they considered it as the first principle of human existence.
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