Monday, December 19, 2016

Superhumanism, Will to Power, Species

Superhumanism does not merely speculate about some possible future turn of events.  Rather, as only Nietzsche has begun to consider, it entails radical departures from conventional theses entailed in Humanism.  In Biology, it posits Growth, rather than Life, as the fundamental principle; in Psychology, Will to Power vs. Will to Live; in Darwinism, Evolution vs. Survival; in History, Progress vs. Peace.  So, Superhumanism is potentially applicable to current Political Philosophy.  For example, in an application of Will to Power that is rarely considered--to the Species, political organization is governed by a general Growth that is a prelude to the emergence of a superior species.  On that basis, a program of strengthening each individual Human, in contrast with both Humanism that promotes Equality amongst members, and sub-Humanism, e. g. Social Darwinism, that promotes the strengthening of only some members, is prescribed.  The type of organization that is optimal for actualizing that program can then be determined.

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