Take, for example, a question which has come to be important in practical politics. ● Bentham held that one man's pleasure has the same ethical importance as another mans, provided the quantities are equal and on this ground he was led to advocate democracy. Nietzsche, on the contrary. held that only the great man can be regarded as important on his own account, and that the bulk of mankind are only means to his well-being 2021/1/212021/1/21 9 ◼ Take, for example, a question which has come to be important in practical politics. Bentham held that one man's pleasure has the same ethical importance as another man's, provided the quantities are equal; and on this ground he was led to advocate democracy. Nietzsche, on the contrary, held that only the great man can be regarded as important on his own account, and that the bulk of mankind are only means to his well-being