Master-slave morality

that the definitions of morality, ethics, values and virtues are made by men and not by ‘gods’? These are created in order to put a barrier from conflicting interests. That is why, according to Hegel, rules and laws are considered to be a compromise among the differences of men. Although, how can laws of men be seen as “good” when past (some at present) practices of the primitive societies, do not seem ethical right in the twenty-first century. Roman nobility treated slaves as inhuman and it was…

The non-philosophical stimulus under examination is The Sandlot(1993), specifically the scene where one of the main characters, Smalls, decided to remove his stepfather's’ special baseball from his den. Smalls does this because his friends are in desperate need for a ball in order to continue their summer of fun. When searching for spare change in his house, he comes to the den and sees what looks to be a great opportunity to take. The heart of the movie relies on the moral aspect of one’s…

the country needs a government that has power over them? Or, are people better off with a government that adjusts to their will? In Michael Petry’s The Code Breaker, the Puppet Master does not believe that the government should hold the power to strictly implement laws and orders that control the people. The Puppet Master makes a solid argument that the government’s power needs to be limited because, left unchecked, government leaders are often corrupted by their own authority and make…

philosopher Aristotle and German philosopher Nietzsche both had opposing views regarding ethics and morality, however I found a few that seem very close to each other with different wording. Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics view on Virtue Ethics states that to be virtuous is to follow the lead and example of someone whom is virtuous. However, in Aristotle’s era his firm beliefs of emotional morality, emotional knowledge, duty, and priority are the embodiment of this ethical code. After my readings…

stories are meant to deliver meaningful messages to the audience, evoking powerful emotions. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, the last part of the story deviates from a story about the close bond Huckleberry Finn and Jim, a runaway slave share on their journey to one about the childish stunts, Huck and his old friend, Tom Sawyer, attempt to pull of in order to save Jim from captivity. The ending of the story disappoints the reader because Huck reverses, squandering the…

However, not all disobedience is a virtue. Anyone who only obeys is a slave, while those who only disobey are rebels; they do not act for their own principles. Rebellion is the same as obedience if it is unquestionably followed; people must have a logical thought process behind their actions. Fromm says that obedience is wrong…

his essay Genealogy of Morality, Nietzsche suggests that there are two types of morality: master morality and slave morality. Slave morality values virtues like humility, sympathy and kindness. Slave morality sees opposite with noble man, who conceives ‘good’ in advance and spontaneity: the ‘bad’ and ‘evil’ originates from noble man arising out of insatiable hatred. This is the essential act of conception of slave morality (Friedrich Nietzsche sec. 11). Slave revolt in morality begins with…

Modern views hold that slavery is a despicable act of mankind and has been detested unlike during the Enlightenment when slavery was considered necessary. The main group of people taken advantage of as slaves were Africans. Estimates show around twelve million slaves were taken into labor and forced into strenuous labor. Africans were unfairly taken advantage of because they were sometimes taken on false premises. These people thought they were going to be taught how to become civilized…

likewise autonomous beings, equipped with the freedom to act and make moral decisions. He concluded that these abilities enforce us to oblige to moral laws and codes. Kant highlighted that maximising overall happiness and pleasure does not justify the morality of an action; making a person happy does not make them virtuous. Although…

In “Plato’s Republic: Justice and the Good Life”, Socrates explores the subject of morality and justice within the soul. His quest to find the answer first involves analyzing justice in a city, and then in the soul and lastly by answering the question why be moral? He accomplishes this by analyzing different levels of justice in the soul from different individuals. First, I will reconstruct Plato’s account of justice as three parts of the soul, those being the rational, spirited and appetite…