The issue of morality is something that we as humans struggle with on a daily basis. We constantly wonder if we are doing the ‘right’ thing or if we are in the wrong, and for many people this line of questioning has religious undertones. A majority of people spend a better part of their time wondering about whether or not they are following their religious tenants. For some this can even lead to anxiety and behavioral changes. Friedrich Nietzsche is not such a person. Nietzsche, as is evidenced by his paper Morality as Anti-Nature, believes that religion and morality as we know it is goes against human nature and advises that we should instead spiritualize our human passions in an effort to become an Ubermensch . Nietzsche's Übermensch is an individual who has become a master of self-discipline, creator of values and one who embraces the earth instead of pining away for heaven . …show more content…
The instincts of life that he mentions are our natural human urges, things such as lust, anger, and hunger. A majority of the religions practiced today involve denying at least some aspect of these natural human urges. They preach self-control to the point of denying that these emotions even exist. Nietzsche proposes that instead of denying these aspects of humanity we accept them, we ‘spiritualize’ and integrate these passions. To spiritualize a passion is to channel and harness it, to make use of it rather than deny its existence. This spiritualization is the first step to self-actualization and becoming an Ubermensch . An Ubermensch disregards common religious morals such as self-denial and creates their own morals and values as