In
Twilight of the Idols, Nietzsche laments the decline in hypocrisy. Quite right! I think this is one thing that the emerging ecological era will force back upon us, though perhaps not for reasons Nietzsche would like. We are entering a phase in which every decision we make regarding our coexistents is inevitably
wrong in some sense. (You've probably heard some of my talks about this.) Future virtue in this sense will consist in being as consciously hypocritical as possible, rather than cynical. Maybe this is one place where my ecological philosophy has a quilting point with Nietzsche.
It's impossible to go through life without being hypocritical at some point, if there is such a thing as 'a hypocrite', would it not be the one who tries to deny, repress or even heal any tendency to do so?
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure about going as far as doing so intentionally, i'm happy saying, 'yeh, I am sometimes, I try not to, but only within reason. I can't do anymore I ain't omniescent, or perfect. But you know sometimes I'm not hypocritical too. If I know i'm about to be its best to be honest with myself about why, as far as I can, avoid it if I can, go with it if I can't'