Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evi
Master morality is so named because it was created by the ruling class, the distinguished, the aristocrats, and it essentially considers strength, power, and bravery to be "good." The "good" was created out of an affirmation and pride of their own power and honor. Additional attributes of those bearing the stamp of master morality are having a hard heart, being egotistical, intolerant and of distinguished origin, as well as emerging from a life of solitude. Those deemed as "bad" by the "great men" are those who belong to the lower class, who are characteristically common and mediocre in the eyes of the ruling class. Conversely, slave morality, represents the masses and herds, in other words the tainted and mediocre stratosphere of Nietzschean society. It is so called because it is the lower class that created this morality system. This system considered kindness, pity, compassion, and peace as the "good." Instead of being a product of affirmation, however, the distinction between "good" and "evil" is made out of a sense of revenge against the strength of the upper class. Naturally, those deemed as "evil" are those people who belong to the upper class, who are considered characteristically
Nietzsche saw the European man progressing in simile - herd-like, average, ordinary and common. He believed that true qualities were passed on from parents and ancestors, placing humans in either the master or slave morality category. Hiding behind the shroud of education and cultivation could only serve as a temporary tool of deception. Eventually, man would regain his natural place. Nietzsche was not anti-Semitic towards the Jews, instead he denigrated Judaism, the forefather of Christianity, because it was naturally just as mediocre as the Christian faith. He also hated anti-Semitism, which he equated with slave morality, using jealousy, envy and revenge as tools of the masses.
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