Contrast: Kant, Hegel and Nietzsche?

There's a already a shortage of philosophers in the world. I'll give you abit of information to help you on your way but at least promise me you'll read up on them more intensively.

Kant and Hegel are both systematizers. Kant's project was primarily focused on setting limits to thought by claiming the noumenal world was essentially inaccessible to humans. The noumenal world is what brings about the reality that we perceive, the phenomenal world. God, for example, would be part of the noumenal world. This means we can't say anything about God. We can say nothing of his existence or nonexistence. I haven't read his Critique of Practical Reason so I have no clue how he managed to device an ethics on an unknown absolute even though I'm pretty familiar with the basics of his deontology.

Hegel is a mystery to me. As much as I would like to pursue him, the outside sources I have read on him continue to decrease his plausibility. Hegel's system is usually simplified to thesis+antithesis = synthesis. It's much more than this. Simply put, he believes history and humanity are moving towards an Absolute. Unlike Kant, I think, he believes the noumenal world will eventually become accessible to humanity. Every act of humanity is one step towards the Absolute and the State is the manifestation of rationality.

Both Kant and Hegel were big on the concept of rationality. They believe humans were rational. Ethics had to be in accord with Reason. Nietzsche is more or less a departing point from these two, which is why many characterise him as proto-existentialist. Nietzsche doesn't believe in Reason. On the ethical side of things, he is doubtful of the existence of an absolute good and an absolute wrong. From what I've read of him, he tended to believe morality and Reason were based on the ideology of dominant groups. But he wasn't exactly a nihilist as is often thought. In fact, he usually supported powerful figures and was anti-democratic to an extent. I just browsed Wikipedia. He thinks the noumenon shouldn't be topic of conversation in the first place.

Its easy but you wont be able to do it if you Kant pull your Hegel out of your Nietzche

Kant: "Make yourself happy."

Hegel: "Love yourself happy."

Nietzsche: "Don't let them tell you you're not already happy."

Xan Shui,

Philosophic Philanthropist, Honest Man

You need to be more specific. Even on one point you're asking a lot for a board like this but that would be a better way to proceed.

"pay attention of practising your piety in the previous adult adult males with a view to be considered via them; for then you certainly will have no reward out of your Father who's in heaven. "thus, once you supply alms, sound no trumpet in the previous you, using fact the hypocrites do interior the synagogues and interior the streets, that they could be praised via adult adult males. fairly, I say to you, they have gained their reward.

Why do you do it yourself.. If you are posting a question like that on a message board it's likely you are phishing for a homework answer.

try the links below. this is where you will know their philosophies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kant

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nietzsche

Do your own damn homework, slacker.