PHIL 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Virtue Ethics, Fatalism
10 Sep 2016
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What nietzsche proposes is a rather unconventional virtue ethics. The noble man (the master) has a set of virtues that require severe self-love". Because the master is the creator of morality whose morality equals self-glorification. Master-morality requires as a necessity to have enemies (both in order to be a good friend and to give an outlet of the emotion of arrogance, jealousy, etc) Slave morality, on the other hand, is characterized by diligence, humility, friendliness, etc. , since these are the most useful characteristic for supporting the burden of existence. The desire for freedom and the instinct for happiness, belong to the slave-morality, while artifice and enthusiasm in reverence and devotion to oneself belong to the master-morality. Master-morality then is based on passion, which leads us straight to the will to power and excellence. Nietzsche thinks that the world has not understood the value of master-morality yet. Nietzsche"s (this is often described as his anti-realism.
