Nietzsche, Slaves, Nobles, & Nature

The reading and class discussions for this week on Nietzsche’s philosophical theory was difficult to understand and believe. I realize that he believed there are two types of people: nobles and slaves. According to him, the slavish determined evil first, said no to life, were fundamentally reactive, and operated in ressentiment. On the other hand, the nobles decided what was good first and left the bad as an afterthought, said yes to life, and were active individuals. Nietzsche also claims that the slave revolt in morality serves as an inversion of noble values such as esteeming the sick, powerless, and/or ugly as beloved by God. In his mind, people should be able to just do what it is they are able and capable of doing just as the bird of prey is able to devour the lamb. However, I disagree with this notion because it would allow many deviant acts to be accepted and without repercussion and could lead to an unruly society or a nonexistent one in which everyone operates according to their own will and standards. The idea of having a world filled with just noble people seems ludicrous and impossible to occur in the present. According to Nietzsche, so many people are slavish—even those we may esteem as prominent, good, and influential people like Dr. Martin Luther King. In nature, we understand that if a lion eats a rabbit—even though we may feel sorry for the rabbit—it was just another act in the circle of life where animals will eat other hands. We realize that the lion just needed to satisfy its hunger. However, we find that when a human being kills another human being to get food while on U.S. soil we consider that individual to be evil/bad. That individual used his strength to fulfill a need just as the lion did, but would—if I understand the reading and class discussions correctly—Nietzsche think that person used his strength without restraint to survive?....