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Essay / Arendt's Philosophy on Deforestation - 782
We can see these strong-willed individuals in many places, but they are mostly located in highly populated areas. For example, you can find a few activists and volunteers on the Third Street Promenade located in Santa Monica, California, handing out flyers and educating people about issues such as deforestation, animal abuse, and climate change. This is a perfect example of Nietzsche’s philosophy: “Concerning the new philosophers, we have no other choice; on minds strong and original enough to give impetus to opposing value judgments and to reevaluate, overthrow "eternal values..." (832) In this quote, Nietzsche explains why we should encourage and enable these strong individuals to put implement new social values that will preserve the earth and its forests. However, the problem with Nietzsche's philosophy is that there is no evil or good, because whatever the strong-willed individual decides is already assumed to be morally correct. Thanks to Arendt's philosophy, we are experiencing a debate that results in a consensus common to all organizations in a society. Arendt explains this through a description of positive law: “…it goes to the source of authority from which positive law