On the Genealogy of Morality

Genealogy of Morals by Nietzsche is a compilation of critiques to which he questions moral judgements and its genealogical origin. In Nietzsche’s first essay, he refers to two different types of morality. The first being master morality and the second being slave morality. Firstly, the master morality is created by the master or the one who is obstinate. Masters were to free to think and do what they want, whereas, slaves were subordinate and follow the master. To Nietzsche, being a master is…

According to Nietzsche, The first essay in his book “Genealogy of Morality’’ that there are two kinds of morals that is master morality and the slave morality. For master morality, good is the powerful beautiful, and glorious while bad is the weak and the ugly. Slave morality on the other hand call the masters evil for having no reservations on how they use their power over the weak. This therefore makes the compassionate and the respectful weak good. What Nietzsche seeks to establish is that…

Morality Morality is present in all things and at all times. You can see both good morals and bad morals in all actions and reactions. It is important to have positive morals because they help you to achieve peace, positivity, joy, etc. Positive morals also give a person meaning and purpose to their life. For example, if a person is trying to live their life by a virtuous lead, then they are aiming towards that purpose. Oftentimes, authors try to teach about morals through their writing.…

an endless, and impossible task and it ties directly to aspiration. Aspirations are often times discouraging. When one sets a goal, and fails to achieve it, it can be very disheartening depending on the situation. Also pulled directly from “The Genealogy of Morals”... “Man with his need for self-torture, his sublimated cruelty resulting from the cooping up of his animal nature within a polity, invented bad conscience in order to hurt himself, after the blocking of the more natural outlet of his…

In his On the Genealogy of Morality, Nietzsche presents a potent challenge to morality by saying that Morality is one kind of ethical system that promoting narcosis, calm and passive. It is created by hatred priests who are envying of Nobles’ power and strength and horrified of pain, struggle, and restlessness. It is hindering human flourishing now but yet necessary to help us get into a better post-moral society, finally, enable human flourishing. Nietzsche unfolds his argument by firstly…

we supposed to find ourselves?” begins Friedrich Nietzsche in the preface of his book, On the Genealogy of Morality (Nietzsche 3). In this statement, Nietzsche illustrates our lack of self-questioning and self-knowledge, criticizing man for treating the value of moral values “as given, as factual, beyond all questioning” (Nietzsche 8). He places the origin and development of our current altruistic morality at the foreground of his First Treatise, writing of a “priestly rebellion” that made man…

Morality is often revered important and inviolable because people generally assume morality is grounded in something transcendental such as tradition, God, or reason. In On the Genealogy of Morals, Nietzsche critiques the value of moral judgments through a genealogical method that examines the origins and meanings of different moral concepts. In the first essay, Nietzsche distinguishes between “master morality” and “slave morality”; master morality was enforced by the masters who were powerful,…

Good and Evil and On the Genealogy of Morality he discusses the shift in thinking in terms of “good and bad” to “good and evil.” Nietzsche goes on to discuss his idea of master-slave morality, which at its core is exactly what it appears to be. Initially, this formulation of morality was practiced by ancient aristocratic societies and followed the value equation of good = noble = powerful = beautiful = happy = beloved by God (Nietzsche, 81.) Breaking it down, master morality is both good and…

“We are unknown to ourselves...We have never looked at ourselves," says Nietzsche in the prologue to On the Genealogy of Morals. In order to understand ourselves, we need to examine at our values--how we acquired them, and the legitimacy, or value, of that original acquisition. Nietzsche thinks that we can find the foundations of our moral beliefs if we can develop an accurate genealogy. There's a history of ideas about what's good and what isn't good, and by tracking that…

go against the value of noble morality such as in (Genealogy, I §17) where he talks about how Napoleon is the perfect example of the problems that occur with the noble morality with its brutal nature. These criticisms suggest as (Kaufmann, 1974, p.297) puts it that “it does not follow from Nietzsche 's "vivisection" of slave morality that he identifies his own position with that of the masters” but rather that he focuses more on the negatives of the slave morality because he believes that it a…