Essay About Master Morality And Understanding Of The Philosophy Of F. Nietzsche

Nietzsche : God Is Dead
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The Question: State your understanding of the philosophy of F. Nietzsche. What does he
mean by saying “God is Dead”?
Nietzsches philosophy is that of a radical view as it calls for the complete
reevaluation of morals and blatantly attacks the Judeo-Christian tradition in modern
society. He believed one should dare to become who they are. In order to ascertain ones
full potential as a human being, the ethic system of which by society runs, must be
changed as it only hampers ones will to power.
According to Nietzsche, philosophy is not the pursuit of truth, for there are no
truths, only interpretations, instead it is an attempt on the creators behalf to interpret
reality in their favor. To illustrate this point he examines master morality as opposed to
slave morality.
Master morality simply defined is a system of what is good and what is evil, set up
by and based on those who have power. So it is not surprising that it would regard the
attributes of a noble to be inherently good and those of a weaker peasant to be evil or,
rather, undesirable. Since it is the rich and powerful who define this morality, it is built to
their benefit.
Contrary to master morality, there is slave morality and likewise it is built with the
same biases only differing as it leans to benefit the poor. This system of ethics overturned
that of the master, by twisting all virtues hailed as good by noble aristocrats, into evils,
slowly over the course of time. Then goodness is translated into weaker friendlier virtues
such as that of sympathy and equality.
A good example of the slave morality can be seen in Judeo-Christian values which
encompass and encourage all the characteristics of the weak while suppressing power.
Nietzsche saw these values to be unnatural of human nature. So for one to deny their
power and surrender to a value system that is irrelevant to our times would be decadent to
themselves. He also believed this system to be against everything that has produced
culture and civilization, mainly the continuous elimination of the weak by the strong.
This process, which separated human kind from its animal state, has been put into
reverse, causing natural leaders and those with abilities over the mediocrity of the masses
to be un-selfed.
Everyone wants control over their environment, a will to power. According to
Nietzsche, that is the flaw in Judeo-Christian beliefs; they suppress this power and when
it finally breaks out, they are in turn hypocrites. Nietzsche has stated “God is dead”. He
justifies this statement on one end on the soul ground that religious clout has diminished
to the point where he can make that comment without consequence. On the other end the
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