Extramoralist

/ˌɛkstrəˈmɔːrəlɪst/ noun

Definition

A person who operates or believes in principles that exist outside moral frameworks; someone who advocates for amoral or non-moral decision-making.

Etymology

From Latin 'extra' (outside) + 'moralist' (one concerned with morals). A philosophical position developed in 19th-century discourse about the limits of moral philosophy.

Kelly Says

Nietzsche was accused of being an extramoralist, but he was actually trying to *transcend* conventional morality, not escape it—a crucial difference. The term reveals how threatening it sounds to suggest morality isn't universal and eternal.

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