Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Edward Newman Free Review

Subjects:

Philosophy, Ethics, Natural Law, Biology, Darwinism, Mental Illness

    Claims that Friedrich W Nietzsche 'bases his argument against altruism on biology. He treats it as an attempt to fly in the face of natural selection'. Insists, however, that this 'sort of "reasoning" leads to where Nietzsche has himself arrived—to the madhouse', and notes the 'paradox that this truculent champion of egoism is now entirely dependent on the altruistic care of the community'.