Friedrich Nietzche: Master and Slave Morality

 

Name of the Book: Contemporary Moral Problem

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Quote:

"The superior person follows a master morality that emphasizes power strength egoism and freedom as distinguished from a slave morality that calls for weakness submission sympathy and love."

 

Learning Expectations:

 

1. To know who is the master and who is the slave in the issue of morality.
2. To knot the relationship between the master and the slave in the issue of morality.
3. To know what is the "Will to Power"
4. To know what is really the issue of "Master and Slave Morality"
5. To know why this issue is becomes one of the contemporary moral problems/issue.

 

Review:

 

Nietzche argues that healthy society should allow superior individuals to exercise their will of power their drive toward domination and exploitation of inferior. 

To refrain mutually from injury, from violence, from exploitation and puts one’s will on a part with that to others: this may result in a certain rough sense in good conduct among individuals when the necessary conditions are given( namely, actual similarity of individual s in amount of force and degree of worth and their co-relation within one organization) As soon however as one wished to take this principal more generally and if possible even as the fundamental principal of society it would immediately disclose of what it really is namely a will to the denial of life a principle of dissolution and decay. “Exploitation”  does not belong to depraved or imperfect and primitive society it belongs to the nature of living being as primary organic functions it is consequence  of the intrinsic will to power which is precisely the will to life. 

             The superior person follows a master morality that emphasizes power strength egoism and freedom as distinguished from a slave morality that calls for weakness submission sympathy and love.

            If it be living and not a dying organization do all that towards other bodies which the individuals within it refrain from doing to each other; it will have to be incarnated will to power, it will endeavor to grow, to gain ground, attract to itself and acquire ascendancy not owing to any morality or immortality but because it lives and because life is precisely will to power

 

Learning’s/Insights:

 

• "Exploitation does not belong to a depraved to imperfect and primitive society: it belongs to the nature of the living being as a primary organic function it is a consequence of the intrinsic will to power which is precisely the Will to Life"
• "Slave morality is essentially the morality to utility"
• "Healthy society should allow superior individuals to exercise their will of power their drive toward domination and exploitation of inferior."
• "The superior person follows a master morality that emphasizes power strength egoism and freedom as distinguished from a slave morality that calls for weakness submission sympathy and love

Integrative Questions:

 

1. Who is the Master and Slave in Morality?
2. What is Master and Slave Morality is all about?
3. What is Slave and Morality?
4. What is Master Morality?
5. What the difference and connection of the two?

 

Review Questions: 

 

1. How Nietzsche does characterize a good and healthy society?

 

     NIetzche argues that healthy society should allow superior individuals to exercise their will of power their drive toward domination and exploitation of inferior. 

 

       2. What is Nietzsche view of injury, violence and exploitation?

 

      To refrain mutually from injury, from violence, from exploitation and puts one’s will on a part with that to others: this may result in a certain rough sense in good conduct among individuals when the necessary conditions are given( namely, actual similarity of individual s in amount of force and degree of worth and their co-relation within one organization) As soon however as one wished to take this principal more generally and if possible even as the fundamental principal of society it would immediately disclose of what it really is namely a will to the denial of life a principle of dissolution and decay. “Exploitation” does not belong to depraved or imperfect and primitive society it belongs to the nature of living being as primary organic functions it is consequence  of the intrinsic will to power which is precisely the will to life. 

 

       3. Distinguish between master morality and slave morality.

 

     The superior person follows a master morality that emphasizes power strength egoism and freedom as distinguished from a slave morality that calls for weakness submission sympathy and love.

 

3. Explain the Will to Power.

 

     If it be living and not a dying organization do all that towards other bodies which the individuals within it refrain from doing to each other; it will have to be incarnated will to power, it will endeavor to grow, to gain ground, attract to itself and acquire ascendancy not owing to any morality or immortality but because it lives and because life is precisely will to power

 

Discussion Questions

 

1. Some people view Nietzsche’s writings as harmful and even dangerous. For example, some have charged Nietzsche with inspiring Nazism. Are these charges justified or not? Why or why not?

 

These charges are justified for the reason that the way he write his views was powerfula and strong enough to justifies something but on the other way around we can also observe that it may depends on the peoples view if this certain act can justifies or not.

 

2. What does it mean to be “a creator of values”?

 

An individual who knows, who does and believes to develop values to people’s live which is of course in line with the goodness or badness of a certain act.