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This 5 page report discusses Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) and his belief that traditional values represent a “slave morality,” a morality created by weak and resentful individuals who encouraged such behavior as gentleness and kindness because the behavior serves their interests. The report examines his understanding of human thought regarding severe and oppressing punishment as the end result of a failure to meet predetermined moral obligations and follow the constrictions associated with those responsibilities. Bibliography lists one source.
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Nietzsche (1844-1900) was that traditional values (represented primarily by Christianity) had lost their power in the lives of individuals. He expressed this in his best-known and often repeated declaration that
"God is dead." He was convinced that traditional values represent a "slave morality," a morality created by weak and resentful individuals who encouraged such behavior as gentleness and kindness because
the behavior serves their interests. Nietzsche claimed that new values could be created to replace the traditional ones, and his discussion of the possibility led to his concept of the
"overman" or superman. However, it is important to understand that Christianity is at the core of Western humanitys ideas and ideals regarding responsibility, conscience, guilt, and other supposedly moral obligations.
Raised in a staunchly Lutheran family, Nietzsche had more than just a nodding acquaintance with the primary characteristics and dogma of well-established Christianity. One may assume that such an upbringing
would underscore his understanding of human thought regarding severe and oppressing punishment as the end result of a failure to meet predetermined moral obligations and follow the constrictions associated with
those responsibilities. Nietzsche and "On the Genealogy of Morals" Nietzsche was adamant in his assertions that Christianity was at the core of humanitys lack of individualism and blind
willingness to be part of what he referred to as "the herd." In Nietzsches opinion, "the herd" conforms to tradition, where the ideal person (the "overman") is secure, independent, and
highly individualistic. The worst feature of Christianity, according Nietzsche, is that Christians think there is something virtuous about subjugation and servitude, and therefore they seek it out and wallow in
it. It then stands to reason that if enslavement is noble and good, then retribution for a refusal to be enslaved would necessarily be extremely harsh in order to reinforce
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