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Philosophy

.... of the origins of morality?
For Nietzsche the slave obeys, the master commands. One of the most startling aspects of Nietzsches schema of morality is that there are different systems of morality for different people. The higher man (and for Nietzsche, the higher being seems to be characterized as male) can see beyond the narrow and constructed nature of Christian doctrine, and can set his own standard of morality that harkens back to pagan days, to an elemental and visceral Dionysian morality. That is Nietzsches purpose in describing the differences between "master morality" and "slave morality." Nietzsche is critical of any objective standards of morality that attempt to make proclamations for all time. These doctrines typically counsel people to be good, to care for the sick, the weak, the helpless, and those that follow the herd. To obey ones own sense of morality and inner integrity is thus characterized as bad or deviant to the prescribed morality system.

But simply because something is prohibited does not mean that God has laid down a law. All laws on earth for Nietzsche were laid down by men to fulfill a self-serving aim, usually an enslaving aim. To encourage a young man