Nietzsche Flashcards
What is on the genealogy of morals made up of?
Three essays, all of which question and critique the value of our moral judgements based on a genealogical method whereby Nietzsche examines the origins and meanings of our different moral concepts
What is the first essay call
‘Good and evil’‘good and bad’
What does Nietzsche contrast in the first essay
Master morality and slave morality
What did Nietzsche mean by master morality
Master morality was developed by the strong, healthy and free, who saw their own happiness as good, and named it thus. By contrast, they saw those who were weak, healthy as enslaved as bad, since their weakness was undesirable
Who did Nietzsche believe the slaves thought were ‘bad’
The masters were evil, as the slaves felt oppressed by their wealthy and happy masters
What was the second essay called
Guilt bad conscience and the like
What, according to Nietzsche, are the origins of guilt and punishment
The originally were not based on any sense of moral transgression.
Guilt simply meant a debt was owed, and punishment was a form of securing repayment
What did Nietzsche identify bad conscience as?
Our tendency to see ourselves as sinners, and locates its origins in the need that came with the development of society to inhibit our animal instincts for aggression and cruelty, and to turn them inward upon ourselves
What is the name of the third essay?
What is the meaning of ascetic ideals?
What does Nietzsche see as the expression of a weak, sick will.
Asceticism
What is the phrase from Nietzsche, ‘man would rather..’
Man would rather will nothingness than not will
How did Nietzsche characterise the age he lived in
Nihilistic, he saw the Christianity, nationalism and anti Semitic that dominated Germany at the time as signs of a degenerate culture lacking positive values
