A CRITIQUE OF THE MORAL AND RELIGIOUS NIHILISM IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF FREIDRICH NIETZSCHE

ABSTRACT: This study is necessary in the face of the present-day unscrutinized quest for faith or religion. For this reason, it followed a thought-pattern that argued the credibility of God and religion. Thus, the major task of this work is to criticize without reservation this religious and moral demise of Nietzsche and restore the supreme value to its place in the world. This study does not however exhaust the rigorous arguments concerning the existence of God. It does not even pretend to expose the whole philosophical thought of Nietzsche. It evaluated and criticized Nietzsche’s arguments concerning the existence of God. For the purpose of lucidity, this study was largely critical and expository. More so, a brief historical survey of Nietzsche was adopted to bring to limelight his conception about God. This study comprise of five chapters. The first chapter comprise of the general introduction, the chapter two x-ray the meaning of nihilism for Nietzsche, and the religion and its values as attacked and refuted by him. In chapter three, the study  exposed the nihilistic morality as presented by Nietzsche. Chapter four was centered on the remedies offered by Nietzsche as the ideal value after his nihilism of supreme value. While chapter five evaluated Nietzsche’s philosophy of nihilism, alongside the conclusion.