On the Genealogy of Morality

Friedrich Nietzsche. Friedrich Nietzsche is one of the most influential German philosopher, who contributed greatly to the field of philosophy through his writings. One of his most important piece of work of all time is the “On the Genealogy of Morals.” On the Genealogy of Morals is a three piece essay, where Friedrich Nietzsche encourages us to use new set of philosophical tools and disregard the old beliefs. In his first essay, Nietzsche talks about what Good and Bad and Good and Evil. He…

Classification: Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morals is a theoretical book that branches into the field of philosophy. Adler writes, “Theoretical books teach you that something is the case. Practical books teach you how to do something you want to do or think you should do” (66). In the case of Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morals, Nietzsche teaches the readers that the priestly sets of morals has reversed the morals of the previous knightly set of morals, and that mankind should revert…

saying philosophers are not men of knowledge. However, their job is find knowledge. He goes on to introduce the subject matter of the essay, “the origin of our moral prejudices.” Prior to the Genealogy of Morals, he had also written a book title Human. In this book a lot the same thoughts appear as in the Genealogy of Morals, and he is hoping over time these thought have become clearer. Nietzsche states he has pondered for a long period of time over the ideas of good and evil. With this, he…

focuses on deconstructing morality. Medina explores injustice in society with the goal of finding factors that contribute to its existence. In essence, the philosopher believes morality to be a noble human virtue, and a factor that can be used to eliminate social injustices. However, due to social beliefs that alter the perspectives of oppressors and the oppressed, it becomes difficult to champion for morality. In the case of Friedrich Nietzsche, he argues that morality is a questionable human…

Justice and morality can be defined, in the simplest of terms, by the act of treating people the way they deserve to be treated. To some, the idea of this is straight forward with only one answer. But to others, there are an endless amount of views as to which justice and morality can be defined. By comparing Thrasymachus ' views on justice and morality from Plato 's Republic, with Nietzsche 's views from The Genealogy of Morals, on the same topic, one can clearly see many similarities and…

killing the embodiment of the love of slaves thus solidifying Jesus as a divine figured that God was killed. God’s death was not an actual death but rather an emasculating that made him a symbol of slave ideals. Nietzsche thought the supremacy of slave morality was holding many people back from reaching their full potential as masters therefore if we want to progress then we can no longer look to religion, so all intents and purposes God is dead. While most people are only familiar with the…

societies. For Nietzsche, the dominate idea was Christian morality, and for Marx, capitalistic ideology. Two people differentiate in their ways of argument and intentions of arguments. By comparing the nobles and everyone else and explaining bad conscience, meaning the feeling of duty and obligation, as an evolved inwards punishment from which people enjoy themselves, Nietzsche points out the petty past of the widely embraced Christian ascetic morality. Also through describing his naturalistic…

The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s book On the Genealogy of Morals covers three different themes in its text. The first topic is morality. The second topic is punishment. The third topic is power. Based off of these topics there are different arguments that stem from them. First in morality Nietzsche argues that there is a slave revolt that means to change ones perception of what is or is not good. Second in the punishment theme Nietzsche argues that there are various kinds of…

Nietzsche’s Master Morality In this paper, I will argue that Master Morality is in itself deterministic. In Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morals, he describes two types of morality: Slave Morality and Master Morality. Slave Morality is targeted to the weak and suffering, hence the name. This belief system promotes kindness and sympathy, and according to Nietzsche, was derived from the propagation of the Jewish faith. The reversal of moral valuations turned the belief in Master Morality: the…

also: “the belief that a society's political and social institutions are so bad that they should be destroyed”. This idea is one of the leading arguments as to why Nietzsche chose to physically write about books like “Beyond Good and Evil”, and “Genealogy of Morals”. Through some of these reading one may be able to evaluate some of the most intriguing ideas in society. There are terms such as “ressentiment” and this idea that there must be a “revaluation of morals”. One will be able to evaluate…