Grant Baker

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This is consonant with the madman passage: Nietzsche is demanding that both Christianity and Kant realize that their claims to truth are not ultimately claims about objective reality but claims about how they want the world to be in order to suit their own particular ends. For Christians, that is exalting weakness over strength; for Kant, it is to maintain the universal significance of the categorical imperatives that really only constitute his own personal moral preferences.
The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution
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