"Slave morality is, for Nietzsche, clearly a decadent, unhealthy morality" and it is meant to relate to people putting across bitterness with regard to individuals controlling the social order. Slave morality is, in essence, focused on the well-being of humanity as a whole rather than just on the well-being of individuals in control.
Nietzsche devised the concept of master morality as a means to provide the world with a more complex understanding of morality types that would be beneficial for society when considering matters from a technological point-of-view. The Genealogy of morals actually reinforces this idea. "A genealogical account of the development of the slave morality that has triumphed in Europe is presented in order to indicate the decadence of that morality" (Smith).
One of the main reasons why Nietzsche came to believe that the morality will eventually come to be more common is the fact that slave morality is likely to influence the masses to successfully rebel against individuals controlling them. This will eventually lead to the majority of people becoming privileged and to individuals who were formerly in charge having to acknowledge that they are but equals to the masses. While most people would be happy with something like this happening, "for Nietzsche it is an historical and cultural catastrophe that has produced the herd morality" (Williams).
Nietzsche's answer is convincing when taking into account the idea of progress, as humanity is likely to experience a significant...
It is likely that the philosopher focused on a strategy that favored privileged individuals and thus made it difficult and almost impossible for underprivileged persons to be successful.
Although Nietzsche provides an intriguing point-of-view, the fact that morality has experienced much progress in recent years actually needs to be considered a good thing. While progress is likely to slow as a result of ideas like capitalism no longer being accepted, it is difficult and almost impossible to know this for sure. A world where moral values would dominate most of society would certainly be better.
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Melnikova, Eva, "Nietzsche's Morality of Ressentiment," retrieved April 13, 2013, from the Florida International University Website: http://www2.fiu.edu/~filosof/Site/Current_Issue_files/1%20Eva%20Melnikova.pdf
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