Friedrich Nietzsche

In class we talked about Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy. His philosophy is based off of the finding of where did moral values come in existence? He found that it came about when the slave’s mentality changed and turned the conversation from good and bad to good and evil because they had built up ressentiment. I think this is an interesting concept because it just shows how all it takes is a group of similar minded people to band together to turn something that really didn’t have much significance into something that can change the moral values of society. I think it also shows how people seem to do things in favor of themselves. If the slaves were not in the position they were in, they would not be concerned with that which they did not possess. If they were not as weak in compared to the nobles, or any other less fortunateness, then they would have not cared to have a revolt in the first place. In contrast, I think it was important for them to have the revolt because if they did not we would not have the moral values we have now. We would not be concerned with the consequences of an action. I think this would cause a world in which no one had to be responsible for their actions and everyone would do what they wanted whenever they wanted. In a sense, this revolt caused there to be order in the world and laws to be a part of our everyday life.