Master morality vs slave morality
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Master morality?
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The strong's code: 'good' = noble, strong, proud; 'bad' is just a mild afterthought for the weak.
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Slave morality?
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The weak's code: brand the strong 'evil' first, then call one's own meekness and patience 'good' by contrast.
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'Bad' vs 'evil' in Nietzsche?
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Master morality opposes good to 'bad' (an afterthought); slave morality opposes good to 'evil' (named first, out of resentment).
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The order of master morality?
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'Good' comes first (a proud yes to self); 'bad' is only an afterthought for whatever is unlike the noble.
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The order of slave morality?
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'Evil' comes first (a no to the strong); 'good' is defined as simply not being like them.
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The 'revaluation of values'?
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Slave morality re-labels weakness as virtue — being unable to take revenge becomes 'forgiveness'; timidity becomes 'humility'.
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Which morality became ours?
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Nietzsche's central claim: the weak WON — slave morality (meekness as good) became mainstream morality.
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What is life-affirming about master morality?
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It starts from a proud yes to one's own strength, not from bitterness at others.
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On the Genealogy of Morality — Nietzsche
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