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The only thing I think I disagree with is the idea that "might makes right". Obviously I agree that might or power may well force people to do things, and if this power is in place long enough, it may well inculcate certain cultural ideas, but I still think it lacks legitimacy. Otherwise we arrive in a situation where Nazi Germany could be considered the pinnacle of human achievement.
Of course, the Nazis were big fans of Nietzsche, though I believe their interpretations were grotesque and I don't think Nietzsche's work should be tarnished by the association.
As to your point about killing someone invading your house, this would not be murder, it would be self-defence. I think most people may well feel some guilt after doing so, but that doesn't mean they were not justified in taking that action, and I would argue that this would be a moral action. If I saw a man raping a woman and I had to take a crowbar to his head to stop him, I believe this would also be a moral action. As I said before, I'm not a pacifist and I'm not trying to take an absolute position on violence.
However, you have got me. What basis do I have to claim that strength itself has less justification for legitimacy that any other power structure? I have none. Yet, though we live on a tiny planet, in a small galaxy, in the midst of a giant universe, I believe we are better than that. I believe in the value of human life, in compassion, and in a society that works and lives together in harmony not only with each other, but with our environment. I don't need any God to tell me this, I simply believe it is right. I have no more claim on this belief than any other, but I am still willing to say that those who disagree are wrong. That is my "will to power".
