Master and Slave Morality

By Friedrich Nietzsche

REVIEW QUESTIONS:

1)    How does Nietzsche characterize a good and healthy society?

Nietzsche characterized a good and healthy society by having a leader that will command the people and have the “will of power”. The principle of master and slave is applied in this society because it mainly focuses the leader that wants the society to be rich and successful.

2)    What is Nietzsche’s view of injury, violence, and exploitation?

Nietzsche’s view of injury, violence and exploitation is the LIFE. Life is a journey which is the reason why we face these kinds of exploitations.

3)    Distinguish between master morality and slave morality.

Master morality means the “power, strength, egoism and freedom” while, slave morality is about weakness, submission, sympathy and love. Master morality will make the slave morality have fears in the society because the “master” has the authority to command. Slave morality doesn’t want their master to get angry to them or punished them so they really cooperate on what their leader/commander says. As the slave morality do their duty Master morality gives back a reward on what they did.

4)    Explain the will to power.

Will to power means craving on power / wants to have an authority in every aspects in life. All people wants will to power but there is always a chance that it will only make our society suffered because if there are masters there are also slaves which will make our society not equal. We want us to be treated equal but we also want to be powerful. The result of having the will to power is injuries, violence and exploitation as stated in the third question.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

1)    Some people view Nietzsche’s writings as harmful and even dangerous. For example, some have charged Nietzsche with inspiring Nazism. Are these charges justifies or not? Why or why not?

I believed that Nietzsche’s writings acts as harmful and even dangerous. He inspires people who want to handle our society. Nazism was originally come from Adolf Hitler and has a unique goal by way of making and commanding slaves or killing people that don’t have the same nationality as they have. If you are not a German and don’t have the quality of German like blue eyes and etc. you will be killed and be a slave. The charges against with Nietzsche are justified in his writing because it suggests that there should be a person who will command and the followers so that the society will be successful.

2)    What does it mean to be a “creator of values”?

Creator of values means that a person who has power have an ability to help the poor people because they have an abundance of power. Rich people honor themselves as the most powerful in the society because they can do what they want. People who create values believed in the morality that they already have. They do not need to approve their values because they know that they are powerful and no one can judge them.