Friedrich Nietzsche How to Be Good Without God | Atheist Philosophy

Friedrich Nietzsche is one of the most influential philosophers of the 19th century and yet he is often misunderstood as a nihilist who rejected all forms of morality. However, his works offer a profound exploration of how an individual can lead a morally good life without the need for belief in God. Nietzsche's philosophy emphasizes the importance of personal responsibility, the creation of one's own values, and the pursuit of excellence, providing a robust framework for an atheist to be good without relying on divine commandments.

The Book of Chivalric Humanism is a collection of essays and observations that contains the core principles of Chivalric Humanism and is the foundation of its philosophy and dogma. This is a moral framework for atheists seeking useful practical advice for how to live a virtuous and purpose driven life.

If you enjoy the books Good Without God by Greg Epstein, Humanism: A Very Short Introduction by Stephen Law, and The Good Book: A Secular Bible by A.C. Grayling, then you you'll enjoy The Book of Chivalric Humanism.

Are you interested in learning how to become a better, more successful person?
Do you want to obtain wisdom so you can make better decisions in your life?
Do you desire the strength of will to endure and overcome hardships?
Chivalric Humanism offers a path to all of this, and more.

Chivalric Humanism is a branch of naturalism philosophy; that is, it is rooted in the belief that only natural forces operate in the world. Chivalric Humanism is characterized by its emphasis on virtue and excellence while also stressing that its adherents become champions for the rights of others in order to serve the common good. It is a form of humanism that explains the role of humans in the world and prescribes a rewarding purpose for our lives.

What Chivalric Humanism seeks to do is create a new kind of chivalry for the modern age which promotes the sense of civic duty that is greatly lacking in other varieties of humanism philosophy books. It is through the purpose of civic duty that old and new chivalry can be linked together.

It must be noted that Chivalric Humanism is not a form of Christianity, as it does not promote metaphysical ideas. It does however use a variant of the cardinal virtues of Christianity, which themselves were based on the virtues of Greco-Roman philosophies. As a naturalistic philosophy, Chivalric Humanism provides logical reasons for why virtues should be cultivated in a person and how they promote the common good.

Atheists who were formerly Christians will find that Chivalric Humanism promotes many of the same moral behaviors that Christianity does, without metaphysical justifications for why these behaviors are good. Instead, Chivalric Humanism promotes the use of logic and the employment of the scientific method to validate its moral beliefs.

Chivalric Humanism also promotes that atheists should strive to live a virtuous life. Virtues serve as some of the most important rules for Chivalric Humanists; these rules being necessary because attempting to calculate the consequences of actions during the moment one needs to make decisions will frequently result in a person making hasty decisions that result in less than optimal courses of action being pursued. In summary it is difficult to remember the many rules of proper conduct a person should abide by in order to be a good person.

By instead following the principles of virtues that describe the type of character a person should strive for then an individual has a very flexible rule structure that can accommodate many different kinds of scenarios. Essentially by focusing on being a good person then the right actions will follow.

[Cbrome]

"No one can be good without him".

[charlieaviles]

Just don’t do to other what you don’t like other do to Yoy.❤️

[baronghede]

My religion is a-moral but i still know the difference between right and wrong.

[Starkillr]

0:38 he was upset we “killed” god out of society

[Stefan-josz]

I think the the value of morals and moral decision is bound to subjective actions. Only your own actions give an action moral value. It is a question to your own consciousness. You yourself have to understand the moral value of an action. Where is the value in an from the outside dictated moral idea? Where is the value in just following set rules? We as humans live in a world of humans we could possibly relate to. If something hurts or is bad for you, you can easily relate to another human in a similar situation. Morality and its values is strongly bound to the society we are living in.

[tonyvillarreal]

His predecessor Soren Kierkegaardd was not much different

[wilfredopeterson]

Any attempt at self righteousness is damning, Romans 3:20.

[wilfredopeterson]

He who does not love the Lord Jesuschrist let him be dawned! Where does this Chivarlry Humanism come from? It comes right out of Hell.

[johnpejnovich]

Gee! I didn't know Nietzsche was such a sartorial dresser.🎩

[nataliaberrios]

No one can be Good without God...if You reject God You are not Good

[yanuel]

Without God there is no morality and how do you even know what is good, and if everyone creates their own values then there is nothing with value you are decieving nobody but yourself.

[BanannaSlipknot]

He was a loony and contradicted his last book

[WheresWaldo]

Sure. As an athiest you can be good. But i will not know what you mean by what good is. That could be anything. Mean anything. It would be subjective in nature. Which means if you say this is good. But i say this is bad. Who is right? You have no basis for which to make your claim. It is all just heresay. And you become the sole arbitor of what is good or not. Either for just yourself. Which again means everyone else is also their oen arbitors and doing good even if the opposite from you. Or you are making it so that what you say is the truth for all humanity. And who gives you the power to the arbitor of all humanity? Its a catch 22. It is a self defeating argument. Usually in the evolutionism and or naturslism realm of belief by athiests. It is all wrong and easily defeatable.