I should start with a caveat - I have niether seen the film, nor read Nietzsche, so I may arguing at cross purposes here. But since that has never stopped me before, I'll get on with my point.
Taking your first paragraph - I would argue the use of the phrase "better person" in that context. Much like Geneva (see her comment in this subthread), I would generally use "better person" in a moral sense. I would use "more useful at this point in time", "person with more suited skills", or some other equally anodyne phrase to describe those situations - each of you has learnt skills and knowledge that are more applicable in some situations than others. That does not speak to which of you is "better". If, after contributing to the discussion and stopping the flood, you habitually return home and torture kittens, whilst Joshua routinely staffs a soup kitchen for homeless people, *that* may speak to which of you is "better".
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Date: 2004-12-08 09:51 am (UTC)Taking your first paragraph - I would argue the use of the phrase "better person" in that context. Much like Geneva (see her comment in this subthread), I would generally use "better person" in a moral sense. I would use "more useful at this point in time", "person with more suited skills", or some other equally anodyne phrase to describe those situations - each of you has learnt skills and knowledge that are more applicable in some situations than others. That does not speak to which of you is "better". If, after contributing to the discussion and stopping the flood, you habitually return home and torture kittens, whilst Joshua routinely staffs a soup kitchen for homeless people, *that* may speak to which of you is "better".