Sunday, June 30, 2013

Warrior Morality and Passive-Aggressive Morality

The use of a term like 'commander' suggests that though he never explicitly formulates it as such, Nietzsche conceives Morality to be a type of Warfare.  So, if that is its fundamental nature, 'Master' Morality is, more precisely, 'Warrior' Morality.  However, it does not follow that 'Slave' Morality is simply 'Pacifist' Morality, for Morality is still essentially Warfare.  Instead, the doctrine that opposes Warrior Morality can be only a Warrior Morality in the guise of Pacifist values, or, to adopt a term from contemporary Psychology, 'Passive-Aggressive' Morality.  Likewise, 'Slave' Morality is no more than a species of Master Morality, employing a ruse the effectiveness of which Nietzsche admires, at the same time that he tries to unmask it.

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