Nietzsche's On The Genealogy Of Morality

The disputation of March 11, focused on the philosophical work of Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche. Nietzsche was a German philosopher who lived from 1844-1900. In his work, Nietzsche had two major contributions to the field of philosophy. The first was his theory on the death of God. This theory was first published during Nietzsche’s early philosophical career. His second theory was that on good and evil. This was published in his work titled On the Genealogy of Morality, First Essay. This second theory would be the main focus of the disputation argued. The resolution of this disputation was be it resolved there is no universal standard of good and evil. The affirmative and the negative sides of this disputation used On the Genealogy of Morality, …show more content…
The first term that should be defined is universal, which means “including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributive without limit or exception” (“Universal”). This definition means that if something is universal that means that it must apply to everyone in a group or the world. The next term to be defined is standard that means, “something established by authority, custom, or general consent as a model or example” (“Standard”). The next term defined in this disputation is good which is defined as “of high quality” (“Good”). The final term that will be defined is the word evil. This is defined as “morally reprehensible” (“Evil”). Since the key terms of this resolution have been defined, they can provide a base for the arguments later in the disputation. In order to fully order to argue this resolution it is important to understand the philosophical work that this disputation is based on. On the Genealogy of Morality, First Essay is the major work of this disputation. This work focuses on Nietzsche’s theory of good and evil. This essay focuses on the master and slave morality that Nietzsche uses to understand the idea of good and