![]() ![]() Slave morality emphasizes compassion, patience and turning the other cheek. ![]() Nietzsche’s Two Moralities: Master morality and Slave morality. Nietzsche’s new interpretation, which he cast in terms of “will to power,” was linked to a project he called the “revaluation of all values.” It revolved around the ideas of an “enhancement of life” and an attainable “higher humanity.” ![]() He rejected Kant’s morality of intentions by stating that the value of any action lay in the unintentional, especially those motives that are below the surface of the conscious mind. Nietzsche viewed most ethical ideas as attempts by people to protect themselves against dynamic and powerful individuals. He called Utilitarianism the “morality of the herd.” He urged people to make their own moral choices rather than to unthinkingly accept the values of the majority. Nietzsche was extremely critical of most traditional ethics. He did so because he believed that human life had no moral purpose except for the meaning that human beings gave it. He rejected the view that people are ultimately accountable only to God. ![]() Nietzsche attacked traditional ethical theories, especially those rooted in religion. ![]()
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