In reading and studying the different theories of which he speaks, a better understanding may be had of the origin and the value of morality Nietzsche had been questioning, since the age of thirteen. ... Nietzsche opposes the English psychologists' explanations of morality, whose theories suggest that, originally, people who benefited from the unegoistic actions of others would consider those actions "good."" ... A very well-known thinking of Nietzsche is the contrast between "Master Morality- and "Slave Morality."" ... On the other hand, where Nietzsche portrays the difference between...

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In Genealogy of Morality, Nietzsche argues that there is a distinction between the morality of the nobles and the slaves who are powerless, low-minded, and common compared to the nobles. ... By contrast, Goneril and Regan fit in the idea of slave morality. ... Their resentment and hatred fit properly with Nietzsche's slave morality concept. ... The concept of noble morality and slave morality is not comparable because in Nietzsche's opinion they are different concepts. ... In King Lear, Cordelia and Lear have a more similar personality to Nietzche's noble morality theory. ...

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There is still discord on characteristic traits of the Übermensch, but it is generally assumed that he would have morality and virtue in accordance of that with Nietzsche, being of the master morality. ... On the Genealogy of Morals Another great field of philosophy that is pursued by Nietzsche is morality and ethics. He examines most thoroughly values of morality by comparison to that of "Master- and "Slave- morality. ... The contrast between good and evil came when the insurrection of the slaves came to change the morality; the attributes of the masters became vices of the slaves. ... ...

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This says to me that his theories and the way he proves his theories not to be concrete in any way. ... The point to the master morality is the "slave morality ". ... I agree and disagree with Nietzsche. ... The slave morality on the other hand, I think has some virtues and downfalls as he suggests. The part of slave morality that I do not like is people who are dependent, look at others and follow lack of self-respect, and people who waste their talents. ...

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Friedrich Nietzsche believes that morality generally conflicts with the achievement of one's goals. Nietzsche's theory derived from the hypothesis of what he calls "master morality " and "slave morality. " A person that is strong, healthy, intelligent, and free is considered a master of morality. ... Master morality values things like pride, power, and nobility, whereas slave morality values things like benevolence, humbleness, and compassion. ... Nietzsche had the idea that survival of the fittest would take over and that master morality should be the only morality. ... I think that...

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However, due to globalization in the modern world these boundaries are being broken down to just two moralities the "master" and the "slave." This theory of the "master" and the "slave" morality is an idea by Nietzsche. His theory is on the basis that one set of morals, "master," forces their ideals on another set of morals, "slave." ... Stevenson's emotivism theory is that the basis of all morality is that we are driven by emotion. ... The theories helped me were cultural relativism, Hobbes, Nietzsche. ...

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Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher of the late nineteenth century who challenged the foundations of traditional morality and Christianity. ... He also indicates that other moral systems exist that express the perspective of other kinds of humans, and while he seems to attack what he labels the "slave morality" and applauds the "master morality," he is simply showing that for some types, the master morality is more appropriate that the slave morality. Slave morality is the one that is appropriate for individual that Nietzsche characterizes as "weak," a person who shows an unhealthy ...

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The Philosophy of Singer In "Famine, Affluence, and Morality," Peter Singer makes a case for the universal application of a Judeo-Christian morality through his advocating of denying ones self for the sake of others. ... Some beliefs, such as "the assumption that suffering and death from lack of food, shelter, and medical care are bad,"(231) would not be questioned save maybe in some of the harsher works of Malthus or Nietzsche. ... Despite the obvious permeation of our society by the Judeo-Christian morality, it is not often practiced to the level of self-denial. ... As much as Singer m...

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George Sorel, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Georg Hegal are philosophers whose beliefs and ideas greatly influenced the shaping of Fascist theory. ... Nietzsches" (1844-1900) theory was that there were two moral codes: the ruling class ( master morality) and the oppressed class (slave morality). Nietzsche believed the ancient empires were developed from the master majority and the religious ideas and views grew out the slave majority. The idea of the "overman" which symbolized man at his most creative, and highest intellectual capacity was brought about by Nietzsche as well. ... After defeats at ...

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Philosophy and its agents stepped up to answer questions of justice, morality, and political structures that nurtured good. ... This was his morality. ... Plato's faith in the philosopher King could also be argued to be similar to the "social contract" theories of Hobbes and Rousseau. ... So with Plato, to limit the Id was good and would help an individual to live justly so long as they sought good and fulfilled their Telos within the polis; and these together provided justice and morality. ... This is what Nietzsche called "slave morality," it was a decaying of society. ...

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It failed in both its Enlightenment theory and in all manifestations in practice, even Sweden. ... To him, humans could not grow to reason and morality outside a polis. ... He said that the pre-industrial state of nature was a reasonable and moral place where men were "born free as we are born rational," with reason and morality. ...

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