Friedrich Nietzsche: Master- and Slave-Morality

What I expect to learn:

                To know what are the effects of the two in our daily life

                To know what are the differences between the two

                To know some example of the two term

Quote:

                “He who has not a hard heart when young , will never have one”

Review:

                This part of the chapter is basically the contributions of Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher and poet. He divided his text into two, master-morality and slave-morality. Firstly based on on my research on the net (thanks for Wikipedia), master morality is defined by Friedrich Nietzsche as the morality of the strong-willed.  Nietzsche criticizes the view, which he identifies with contemporary British ideology that good is everything that is helpful; what is bad is what is harmful. He argues that this view has forgotten the origins of the values, and thus it calls what is useful good on the grounds of habitualness - what is useful has always been defined as good, therefore usefulness is goodness as a value. He continues explaining, that in the prehistoric state, "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 phenomena." The best example of this particular type of morality is our political issues here in the Philippines. A certain political person gets some money from the government - this is a bad thing that is harmful especially the country of this person.   On the other hand, slave morality is defined by Nietzsche as a re-sentiment or in other words, revaluing that which the master values. As master morality originates in the strong, slave morality originates in the weak. Because slave morality is a reaction to oppression, it villainizes its oppressors. Slave morality is the inverse of master morality. As such, it is characterized by pessimism and skepticism. Slave morality is created in opposition to what master morality values as 'good'. Slave morality does not aim at exerting one's will by strength but by careful subversion. The best example of this morality is the person who has a sense of humility and patience that believing that through is hardworking, his life will be okay someday. It does not seek to transcend the masters, but to make them slaves as well. The essence of slave morality is utility.

What I’ve learned:

- I've learned the difference between master morality and slave morality

- Some effects of the two in our life

Integrative Questions:

- What is master morality?

- What is slave morality?

- How they are connected? 

Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master-slave_morality