Isn't It a Good Idea to Negate the Heroic Ideal

Nihilism can be found in the mere observation that life is rife with tragedy and malevolence, of which there is no doubt. No matter how much delight one may take in negation, he is not permitted to call into question the view that the fundamental trajectory of historical development is progress. The truly moral attitude is suspicion, and its greatest success is in exposing criticism of society as obligatory. There exists an obligation to be optimistic but failure to observe this obligation does not go unpunished.