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Can human beings do whatever they want? Can we just make up our own values or are there objective moral principles that we are forced to contend with? In other words, are we Gods? Some philosophers seemed to think so. Nietzsche famously stated that "God is dead", and although he was far from celebrating this fact, he still believed that we could formulate our own values and that that was the way forward. Was he right or is that just man's ego? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices