Deconstructing Morality

SA21 // On the Genealogy of Morals, First Essay Castillo / Saw / Paris / Tan / Medina, K

DECONSTRUCTING
MORALITY

A DISCOURSE ON THE FIRST ESSAY
GOOD AND EVIL, GOOD AND BAD
FROM
ON THE GENEALOGY OF MORALS
BY FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE


SO WHAT’S IN STORE THIS AFTERNOON?

1 THE EVOLUTION OF
GOOD VS. NON-GOOD
MASTER MORALITY 2
AND SLAVE MORALITY

1

THE EVOLUTION OF GOOD AND ITS CONTRARY

SO THE IDEA OF GOOD
AND NON-GOOD... WHERE
DID IT ALL COME FROM? EVOLVED
HOW THE IDEAS
HOW THE RICH AND POWERFUL INTERFERED
THE BIG TRANSITION


GOOD WAS ONCE
THE
UNEGOISTIC
ACT


...THEN ANYTHING THAT WAS

USEFULLITARIANISM
TI U


(THEY’VE GOT
SERIOUS
BACKUP.)

...BUT BECAME THE
DICTATION
OF THE
POWERFUL


SO WHO J
UDGED GO
ODNESS?
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF

THOSE TO WHOM THE ACTS
WERE DONE AND USEFUL
VS
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF

THOSE WHO WERE RICH
AND POWERFUL


IF IT
IS N0T A
WORD
THEN IT
DOES NOT EXIST.


SO IF IT’S
WORDED, THEN
IT SHOULD MEAN
SOMETHING


AS A VITAL SOCIAL COMPONENT,
LANGUAGE ADAPTS TO ITS USERS.


IN RESPONSE TO SOCIAL CHANGES,
ESSENTIAL LANGUAGE TRANSFORMATIONS OCCUR.


RICH ASSERT POWER VIA
THE PATHOS OF DISTANCE

FROM THE POOR.


...AND THEY ALSO HOLD
THE POWER OF
LANGUAGE.
Y’KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.


bonus & duonus
schlechterdings!

...THIS MEANS THAT
LANGUAGE TRANSFORMS
IN THEIR FAVOR.
THERE’S GERMAN, LATIN, GAELIC, GREEK, AND SO MUCH MORE!

malus & melas


WORDS REFERRING TO
GOOD
BECOME ASSOCIATED
WITH THEM.
REMEMBER THEIR SHAMELESS PLUG:
THEY’RE GOOD BECAUSE THEY SAID SO


AND FOR THE POOR BACK THEN,

THAT WASN’T TOO NICE,
WAS IT?
BECAUSE EVERYTHING REFERRING TO “BAD” ENDED UP
BECOMING ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR CLASS

oh no you didn’t!


SO THE GOOD-CONTRARY POLARITY BECAME

A CLASS WAR BETWEEN
THE RICH AND THE POOR. A.K.A. THE MASTERS AND THE SLAVES.


TSS.
GOO
IS EV DN
ERYT ESS
, I’M H APPY, BUT HING
I’M
I’M
RICH
AL L GO OD. Y OU.
http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/zaneinzane/4097452527/


BUT WAIT!
SOMETHING CHANGED.


BUTBECAME BARBARIC :o
NOBLE RACES
WAIT!


THE TOSHIFT
FROM MASTER SLAVE MORALITY.


!
THE TOTSLAVE MORALITY.
W
FROM MASTER
SHIFT
F ?

2

THE IDEAS OF NIETZSCHE’S MORALITIES

WHAT’S THIS MASTER
MORALITY AND SLAVE
MORALITY YOU SPEAK OF?MORALITY
DETAILING MASTER AND SLAVE
COMPARISONS AND CONTRASTS
OTHER IMPORTANT IDEAS ON NIETZSCHE


DURING THE EVOLUTION OF
GOOD AND ITS CONTRARY,

MASTER
MORALITY AND
SLAVE MORALITY
WERE FORMED
UNDERNEATH.
http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/barbstur/3952443557/


MASTER MORALITY

...BEGAN AFTER
UTILITARIANISM


MASTER MORALITY

FURTHER WIDENED THE
GAP BETWEEN

RICH POOR


MASTER MORALITY

THE CLASS POLARITY
ASSURES THE STATUS OF
THE RICH [GANS! GANS!]
http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/66854664@N00/107715395/


MASTER MORALITY

ATU RGY
’S D RAM
FM AN
GOF
REFINED BEHAVIOR
BARBARISM
THE SHIFT OF MORALITY

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/mark_boucher/2562714830/


MASTER MORALITY

WHA
SUCK TEV
S E TO B
EY R. MASTERS DON’T
TAKE THE
OU. TIME TO
UNDERSTAND
THE SLAVES.
...LEADING TO
MISCONCEPTIONS OF
THEM

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/apathyisboring/2089527526/


SLAVE MORALITY

MARKE
D BY T
ASCEN HE
OF THE T
PRIEST
CLASS LY IN
NS LY-
IGI HT
OR NIG TIC
AS E K CRA OON
H H O S
T IST UT FLI CT
AR SS, B CON
LA LOPS H IT
C E IT
http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/lifeisaprayer/3657308867/ D EV W


SLAVE MORALITY

THE RISE OF
EVIL!
http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/jonbradbury/2958823235/


http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/gina_p/561824747/ SLAVE MORALITY

GOODNESS OUT OF WEAKNESS


SLAVE MORALITY

INSTRUMENTALIZATION
LAS
T JU
ARD DGM
LY R EW ENT
HEA VEN
GO D OVER GODLESS

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dunechaser/103723419/
OF GOD


http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/backnext/4085713407/ SLAVE MORALITY

THE GREAT
JEWISH
REVERSAL


SLAVE MORALITY

THE PREDOMINANCE OF
CHRISTIANITY

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/seanguzman/3792973865/


POLARIZING FURTHER

IN WHAT ASPECTS ARE THE
MORALITIES OPPOSED?
I.E. WHERE IS THE LOVE?!


THE MASTERS TAKE THEM IN STRIDE.

ON PROBLEMS.
THE SLAVES PULL THEIR HAIRS OFF EVERY SINGLE ONE.


THE MASTERS TAKE IT AS POWERFUL PHYSICALITY AND MAINTAINING THAT.

ON THE CONCEPT OF GOOD.
THE SLAVES TAKE IT AS BEING HUMBLE AND UNLIKE THE MASTERS.


THE MASTERS TAKE IT AS ANYTHING THAT ISN’T THEM.

ON THE CONCEPT OF NON-GOOD.
THE SLAVES TAKE IT AS EVIL, MUCH GREATER THAN THE MASTERS’ “BAD”.


THE MASTERS FOCUS ON THEMSELVES AND ONLY USE
THE SLAVES AS A BENCHMARK OF THEIR SOCIAL STATUS.

THEIR PRIMARY FOCUS.
THE SLAVES ARE FIXATED ON THE MASTERS; THEY EXIST
FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF THE OPPOSING CLASS.


A FEW IMPORTANT IDEAS BEFORE WE END

THE ANALOGY AND THE
GRAMMAR PREDICAMENT


ACCORDING TO THE SLAVES,

“THOSE LEAST LIKE THE
BIRDS OF PREY ARE GOOD.”
ESPECIALLY IF THEY’RE THE EXACT OPPOSITE.

ACCORDING TO THE MASTERS,

“WE MOCK LAMBS, BUT WE
DON’T HATE THEM.”
WHO DOESN’T LIKE A TENDER LAMB?

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/82841279/Digital-Vision


AKES US UND ERSTAND...
GRAMMAR M

SUBJECT AS PREDICATE
DISTINCT
ACTOR FROM ACTION
...BUT THIS ISN’
T REALLY HOW T
HINGS WORK.


PRE Y KI LL.”
“ BIRD S OFWHAT ARE
BIRDS OF PRE
Y IF THEY DON
’T KILL?

“LIGHTNI NG FLASHES.”
WHAT IS LIGHTNING IF IT DOESN’T FLASH?

THE SUBJECTS ARE THEIR PREDICATES.


“
TO DEMAND FROM STRENGTH THAT IT DOES
NOT EXPRESS ITSELF AS STRENGTH (…) IS
JUST AS UNREASONABLE AS TO DEMAND FROM
WEAKNESS THAT IT EXPRESS ITSELF AS
STRENGTH. -NIETZSCHE

TO DEMAND A BIRD OF PREY NOT TO KILL IS JUST AS
UNREASONABLE AS TO DEMAND FROM A LAMB THAT IT KILL.


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