It is quite obvious that Nietzsche strongly believed that Christianity has nonetheless, demean our human rights by being one of the “founding fathers” of morality. Nietzsche claimed that morality is anti-nature, thus the creator of such a “self-torturing” principle, that…
Friedrich Nietzsche is a German Philosopher, who studied and written several critical texts. The type of texts he wrote were along the lines of philosophy, religion, contemporary culture, and science. Nietzsche is known for a lot of his work, but master-slave morality is highly valued. Master-slave morality was the first subject in Nietzsche’s book, On the Genealogy of Morality. In this book Nietzsche defines the difference between Slave morality and Master morality. When Nietzsche compares between the two types of morality he distinguish strength versus weakness, the difference is primarily one of power and also love independence. The master knows he has power and abilities to aspire to excellence, also he…
For the vast majority morals are sets of guidelines that we should comply, they let us know what is correct or off-base. Moral philosophers need to find how these guidelines are legitimized, and at the consistent outcomes of moral or moral convictions. The time of enlightenment saw a questioning of religious and customary qualities. Philosophers expected to construct moral framework in light of reasonable grounds. Kant's moral framework depends on levelheadedness. It endeavors to indicate how any objective being would consent to widespread moral laws. Its impact has been colossal and current philosophers still utilize Kant's thoughts as a beginning stage for exchanges on morality. The other incredible moral arrangement of the post-enlightenment time is…
On the Genealogy of Morality the word ‘ressentiment’ is possibly one of the key concepts in Nietzsche’s ideas about the psychology of ‘slave-morality’, the birth of morality, and the way it reassigned morality as we know it today. The word meaning itself is very close to the word resentment in English but is slightly different. The context in which Nietzsche uses the word ‘ressentiment’ is a psychological state of people that are conscious of their own inferiority and turn it to hatred towards external anger. It is a feeling that arises from the incapability of one’s success and hence finding external factors to blame for this incapability. Nietzsche aligns this concept with the weak people or slaves which are inferior to the noble, strong…
An issue in today’s society is discrimination. For consistency I will define discrimination as anything that denies a group of people from any universal privileges. A few examples of this would be racism, LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Transgender) rights, and sexism. These issue have been present through all points in American and World History, normally putting the white adult heterosexual male as the most privileged and discriminations putting everyone else below him. In the twenty-first century measures have recently been taken to correct for the unjust treatment of those other than white males for factors out of their control. These factors of course include skin color, sex, and sexual orientation. I feel Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morality…
In his second essay of the Geneaology of Morals, Nietzsche attempts to identify and explain the origin of the conscience. He does not adopt the view of the conscience that is accepted by the “English Psychologists”, such as Bentham, J. Mill, J.S. Mill and Hume, as the result of an innate moral feeling. Rather, it is his belief that the moral content of our conscience is formed during childhood under the influence of society. Nietzsche defines the conscience as an introspective phenomenon brought about by a feeling of responsibility, in which one analyzes their own morality due to the internalization of the values of society. This definition holds the position that the conscience is not something innate to humans, rather it has arisen through evolution. In light of this, this paper will give insight into how Nietzsche reaches this conclusion, as well as what results from it. In order to do this there will be discussion of guilt, punishment, the will to power and implications from society.…
Nietzsche defines the master morality as a morality for those who are “strong willed”. The master morality’s scale ranging from good or bad states that good is everything that is helpful and bad is what is harmful. Nietzsche believes the only way to know “what is good” is the result of actions through its consequences. Nietzsche quotes "The value or non-value of an action was derived from its consequences" but ultimately, "There are no moral phenomena at all, only moral interpretations of…
Mary is a student in your class. As you prepare for your final exam comprised of essay questions, you notice her copying and pasting her responses directly from the internet. The university has well known policies concerning academic dishonesty, and the consequences for violating them include expulsion. You know that Mary is the first in her family to attend…
Thus, for the sole purpose of getting to heaven individuals become compassionate, caring and loving in order to not be condemned to hell. The reason that we feel guilty is due to the fact that we are reminded about our mistakes on a regular basis. Good and evil differ from good and bad because the good and bad is described under the medieval and aristocratic. They focused on strength and the mentality that they worked hard to obtain what is theirs, and that nothing in their lives was handed to them. Good and evil are implied under priests, whom alone held no social power, yet their word had full religious support. Nietzsche wondered whether the good man was limited through the belief of needing to be good, unlike the evil man whom had no restrictions and was truly able to be free. This leads to Nietzsche's conclusion that morality has been…
Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, has a moral of the story, which is that everything in life isn't always black and white. This lesson extends beyond the play script and into the world today. Written in the late 1950s, the play is about the people that were involved by the Salem Witch Trials back in the 1690s. Mr. Danforth, a judge in the trials, was talking to Francis Nurse, a very powerful and wealthy man, about the Salem Witch Trials. Francis Nurse was trying to defend the defendants without disrespecting Mr. Danforth when Danforth said, "You must understand, sir, that a person is either with this court or he must be counted against it, there be no road between" (Miller 94). This really explains the whole dynamic of the tiny town of Salem,…
In Nietzsche’s first essay, he discusses the difference between “good” and “evil” with master’s and slave’s morality. Nietzsche explains that master’s morality is when the masters believe they are “good” and slave’s morality is when the slaves believe they are “good”. Nietzsche refers to the slaves as Jews or priests because they…
Moral Disagreement by Kwame Anthony Appiah talks about how in every culture we all have our own values and a certain sense of what is right and wrong. We have our own judgments in which we disagree on with our peers. These conflicts come in many different forms our vocabulary, how we use sarcasm as a way of rudeness, and the way we perceive the “thin” and “thick” concepts that we as humans create.…
* An act is considered morally right or acceptable if it produces some desired result, i.e., pleasure, knowledge, career growth, a self-interest, or utility.…
Deontological ethics (Kant) key concept Categorical imperative- Act only on that maxim whereby thou canst at the same time will that is should become a universal law. What is the maxim that I am acting and should it be universal. (Apply it rationally) Ex. Person wants to cheat on the test based on the reason to pass and tries to make it a universal law, everyone cheats on the test.…
Homosexuality is a contemporary moral issue in modern America. It is also a controversial one. Homosexuality simply defined is the situation wherein an individual prefers to have sexual relations with members of the individual’s own sex. Homosexuality applies to male and female, and the acts considered homosexual are not delimited to sexual intercourse alone. Homosexuality is controversial in contemporary politics. Specifically, liberal politicians are of the view that homosexuals should be allowed to get married, especially since their homosexuality is a natural situation. Conservatives on the other hand are more inclined to believe that homosexuality is chosen by the individual and should be discouraged.…