Known-Midnight3555 t1_isl2b62 wrote on October 16, 2022 at 7:55 PM

Reply to comment by Ma3Ke4Li3 in Philip Kitcher argues that morality is a social technology designed to solve problems emerging from the fragility of human altruism. Morality can be evaluated objectively, but without assuming moral truths. The view makes sense against a Darwinian view of life, but it is not social Darwinism. by Ma3Ke4Li3

Morality may get in the way of some short term gains, which Nietzsche might be referring to with the idea of "superior men", but long term, you are right in that there are so many more morally sound strategies than there are morally devoid ones.

Profit motivated companies are a prime example of rejecting morality in favor of better short term gains, which often results in long term problems.

Politicians rejecting morality for short term gains with a relatively short voting cycle is another example. So many examples of politicians doing unsavory things in the short term to earn votes that will have an overall negative effect later.

This is all motivated by the idea that we have to be "getting ahead" of everyone else instead of just "getting along".