Title of the Book:

Contemporary Moral Problems Seventh Edition by James E. White

Book Review Chapter:

Friedrich Nietzsche: Master and Slave Morality

Quote:
“The noble man also helps the unfortunate, but not or scarcely out of pity, but rather from
impulse generated by the superabundance of power the noble man honors in himself the
powerful one.”

What I expect to learn:

• What is the meaning of Slave Morality?
• What does Slave Morality has to do with the Master Morality?
• What is the difference between Master and Slave Morality?

Review:
Friedrich Nietzsche argues that a healthy society should allow superior individuals to
exercise their will power, their drive towards domination and exploitation of the inferior.
Friedrich Nietzsche says that the Superior person is from master morality and the weaker
person is from the slave morality that these two should be distinguished and be known in
a society. That there are different kinds of people and they are being characterized
whether they are strong or weak. Friedrich Nietzsche also says that there are evil and
good men, selfish and warm hearted people that master and slave morality should have
classified by their characteristics.

What I learned:
• That master morality is the superior one
• That slave morality is the weaker one
• That there are different kinds of man

Integrative Questions:
• What is the difference between Master and Slave Morality
• What is the meaning of a noble man and his characteristics
• What is the meaning of slave morality and master morality
Review Questions:

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

• Friedrich Nietzsche characterize a good and healthy society is by saying that a

good and healthy society should not regard itself as a function either of the
kingship or the commonwealth, but as the significant and highest justification
thereof that is should accept with a good conscience the sacrifice of a legion
of individuals who far sake must be suppressed and reduced to imperfect men
to slaves and instruments.

2. What is Nietzsche's view of injury, violence, and exploitation?

• Friedrich Nietzsche view of injury, violence and exploitation is that, he says

that here one must think profoundly to the very basis and resist all sentimental
weaknesses. Even the organization within which, as was previously supposed
the individuals treat each other as equal.

3. Distinguish between master-morality and slave-morality?

• The difference between Master morality and Slave morality is that Slave is the
evil man arouses fear; according to the master morality, it is precisely the
good man who arouses fear and seeks to arouse it, while the bad man is
regarded as the despicable being.

4. Explain the will to Power.

• The will to Power according to Friedrich Nietzsche is that it will Endeavour to

grow, to gain around, attract to itself and acquire ascendancy not owing to any
morality or immorality but because it lives and because life is precisely will to
Power.
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
justified or not? Why or why not?

• For me Friedrich Nietzsche writing is not harmful or even dangerous. Is

because for it is okay to classify the strong and the weak for the people to
know so they maybe able to adjust, so that the can get stronger and not be
weak.

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

• A creator of values means that he honors whatever he recognizes in himself

such as morality is self glorification.