Contemporary Moral Problems

Book Review Chapter :1

Friedrich Nietzsche – Master and Slave Morality

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Quotation: Particular morality is inseparable from the formation of a particular culture.”

Learning expectations

            I am expecting to learn what is the mentality with the master- slave concept why did it have to exist? There are different things that intrigue me about this slavery. From the title itself I am expecting to learn the different issues concerning slavery because usually slavery is related to racism, that’s how I always related slavery to things. I am expecting to learn that this chapter to explain the different concept of why slavery had to exist in life.

Review:

"Slavery is a legal system facilitating exploitation of labor. Political economies permit slavery through government and social sanction. Under slavery a worker (called "a slave") is compelled to work for another (sometimes called "the master" or "slave owner")."

this chapter talks about how the system of a master-slavery works, the morals about this things, today in any view this is wrong, no one should take advantage of any otrher person even if he has the power to do it is not right.

What I have learned:

 I have learned that there are things that can be helpful in our lives, people may thinks that just because it is good they do not deserve it, people also think that what is good is too much to handle, people are always in the situation to take advantage of what will benefit them, what will be good for them that is how I understood the concept of how people take advantage of what is good.

Integrative questions

1. What is Morality?

2. What is Master-Slave Morality?

3. What is the difference between the two?

4. What is the central theme of the author?

5. Who is John Arthur?