The Will of Power by Friedrich Nietzsche, Nietzsche stated, “Christian morality is slave morality.” which refers to the way that Nietzsche compares Christian morality and slave morality to the utility system of morality. In this essay, I will be explaining the actual intent argument that Nietzsche was making, as well as comparing how the master and slave morality compared to Nietzsche’s Ubermensch theory as well.
To start off, it is important to understand that Nietzsche believed that there was two type of moral system that really was based on many things such as income class and as well as status in the community. Nietzsche believed that depending on whether a person was a leader or a follower there were a different set of morals that applied …show more content…
It is obvious just by the names that according to Nietzsche master-morality is superior above people with “slave-morals”. Nietzsche said that slave-moralities were, “The good man must in any case be the safe man; he is good-natured, easily deceived, perhaps a little stupid. Everywhere that slave-morality gains the ascendancy, language shows tendency to approximate the significance of the words “good” and “stupid”. A list fundamental difference: the desire to freedom, the instinct for happiness and the refinements of the feeling of liberty belong as necessarily to slave-morals and morality, a arfice and enthusiasm in reverence and devotion are the regular symptoms of an aristocratic mode of thinking and estimating (Nietzsche, 409).” To Nietzsche, he considered those of slave-morality different from those who held master-morals, What made those with “slave-morals” different is that according to Nietzsche people with slave morals were good from nature not because of an overflow of wealth and powers. Those of slave-morality are really those who are good by nature and will help others because it is the good thing to do but also are dumb and naive. There's also something else that makes those with slave-morals different according to Nietzsche those people also are seeking freedom, by that he means that they seek a sense of independence which they do not have because of lack of wealth and
To start off, it is important to understand that Nietzsche believed that there was two type of moral system that really was based on many things such as income class and as well as status in the community. Nietzsche believed that depending on whether a person was a leader or a follower there were a different set of morals that applied …show more content…
It is obvious just by the names that according to Nietzsche master-morality is superior above people with “slave-morals”. Nietzsche said that slave-moralities were, “The good man must in any case be the safe man; he is good-natured, easily deceived, perhaps a little stupid. Everywhere that slave-morality gains the ascendancy, language shows tendency to approximate the significance of the words “good” and “stupid”. A list fundamental difference: the desire to freedom, the instinct for happiness and the refinements of the feeling of liberty belong as necessarily to slave-morals and morality, a arfice and enthusiasm in reverence and devotion are the regular symptoms of an aristocratic mode of thinking and estimating (Nietzsche, 409).” To Nietzsche, he considered those of slave-morality different from those who held master-morals, What made those with “slave-morals” different is that according to Nietzsche people with slave morals were good from nature not because of an overflow of wealth and powers. Those of slave-morality are really those who are good by nature and will help others because it is the good thing to do but also are dumb and naive. There's also something else that makes those with slave-morals different according to Nietzsche those people also are seeking freedom, by that he means that they seek a sense of independence which they do not have because of lack of wealth and