Nietzsche's Analysis Of The Genealogy Of Morals

In the realm of philosophy, there is a hermeneutical technique of analysis known as genealogy where a individual questions the emergence of social and philosophical beliefs by trying to account for the totality or scope of discourse. This is unlike Kantian views of critical theory and their accompanying analysis, these being views focusing on logical inconsistencies and consistencies. Genealogy views through a historical lens and essentially problematizes all opinions that stand as an issue to one thing as well as to the development of society. The technique of genealogy often times attempts to go beyond the discourse that is in question for they hold infinite possibilities. Since there is a genealogy of morals, this implies there is a past president that has been developed over time. The Genealogy of Morals is viewed as Nietzsche's most sustained analysis and critique of morality and

Master morality values strength, pride, and nobility. Master morality typically applies a scale where it weighs actions on bad and good consequences. These being vices, consequentialism and classical virtues. Thess fields stand contrary to slave morality where it considers the action on a scale of evil and good intentions. A good example is Christian vices, and virtues and Kantian deontology. Nietzsche believes that morality is inseparable from the formation of its particular culture. Nietzsche explains master morality as the morality of what he calls the strong-willed. He criticises what is identified as contemporary British ideology where good is something that is useful or gives help and bad is everything that would be considered harmful. He believes supporters of this view have forgotten the original origins of its values and that this is based on a non-critical acceptance of past habits. What is considered to be useful has always been thought of as good, meaning usefulness is good as a