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SA21 // On the Genealogy of Morals, First Essay Castillo / Saw / Paris / Tan / Medina, K DECONSTRUCTING MORALITY GOOD AND EVIL, GOOD AND BAD A DISCOURSE ON THE FIRST ESSAY FROM ON THE GENEALOGY OF MORALS BY FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

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A lecture on Nietzsche's "On The Genealogy of Morals" (First Essay) to be delivered in a SA21 (Sociology and Anthropology) class in the Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines on Jan 12, 2010.Designed with Keynote '09. First draft finished Jan 3, 2010.

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

DECONSTRUCTINGMORALITY

GOOD AND EVIL, GOOD AND BADA DISCOURSE ON THE FIRST ESSAY

FROMON THE GENEALOGY OF MORALSBY FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

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SO WHAT’S IN STORE THIS AFTERNOON?

THE EVOLUTION OF GOOD VS. NON-GOOD

1

MASTER MORALITYAND SLAVE MORALITY

2

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1THE EVOLUTION OF GOOD AND ITS CONTRARY

SO THE IDEA OF GOOD AND NON-GOOD... WHERE DID IT ALL COME FROM?

HOW THE IDEAS EVOLVEDHOW THE RICH AND POWERFUL INTERFERED

THE BIG TRANSITION

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GOOD WAS ONCETHE UNEGOISTIC ACT

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...THEN ANYTHING THAT WAS

USEFULUTILIT

ARIANISM

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...BUT BECAME THE

DICTATIONOF THE

POWERFUL

(THEY’VE GOT SERIOUS BACKUP.)

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FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF

THOSE TO WHOM THE ACTS WERE DONE AND USEFUL

FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF

THOSE WHO WERE RICH AND POWERFUL

SO WHO JUDGED GOODNESS?

VS

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IF ITIS N0T A

WORDTHEN IT

DOES NOT EXIST.

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SO IF IT’SWORDED, THEN

IT SHOULD MEANSOMETHING

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

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IN RESPONSE TO SOCIAL CHANGES, ESSENTIAL LANGUAGE TRANSFORMATIONS OCCUR.

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RICH ASSERT POWER VIATHE PATHOS OF DISTANCE

FROM THE POOR.

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...AND THEY ALSO HOLDTHE POWER OF

LANGUAGE.Y’KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

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...THIS MEANS THATLANGUAGE TRANSFORMS

IN THEIR FAVOR.THERE’S GERMAN, LATIN, GAELIC, GREEK, AND SO MUCH MORE!

schlechterdings!bonus & duonus

malus & melas

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WORDS REFERRING TOGOOD

BECOME ASSOCIATEDWITH THEM.

REMEMBER THEIR SHAMELESS PLUG:THEY’RE GOOD BECAUSE THEY SAID SO

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THAT WASN’T TOO NICE,WAS IT?

AND FOR THE POOR BACK THEN,

BECAUSE EVERYTHING REFERRING TO “BAD” ENDED UP BECOMING ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR CLASS

oh no you didn’t!

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A CLASS WAR BETWEENTHE RICH AND THE POOR.

SO THE GOOD-CONTRARY POLARITY BECAME

A.K.A. THE MASTERS AND THE SLAVES.

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I’M RICH, I’M HAPPY,

I’M ALL GOOD.

TSS. GOODNESSIS EVERYTHINGBUT YOU.

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BUT WAIT!SOMETHING CHANGED.

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BUT WAIT!NOBLE RACES BECAME BARBARIC :o

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THE SHIFTFROM MASTER TO SLAVE MORALITY.

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THE SHIFTFROM MASTER TO SLAVE MORALITY.WTF?

!

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2THE IDEAS OF NIETZSCHE’S MORALITIES

WHAT’S THIS MASTER MORALITY AND SLAVE MORALITY YOU SPEAK OF?

DETAILING MASTER AND SLAVE MORALITYCOMPARISONS AND CONTRASTS

OTHER IMPORTANT IDEAS ON NIETZSCHE

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DURING THE EVOLUTION OF GOOD AND ITS CONTRARY,

MASTER MORALITY AND

SLAVE MORALITYWERE FORMEDUNDERNEATH.

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...BEGAN AFTERUTILITARIANISM

MASTER MORALITY

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FURTHER WIDENED THE GAP BETWEEN

RICH POOR

MASTER MORALITY

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THE CLASS POLARITY ASSURES THE STATUS OF THE RICH [GANS! GANS!]

MASTER MORALITY

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GOFFMAN’S DRAMATURGY

REFINED BEHAVIOR

BARBARISM

THE SHIFT OF MORALITY

MASTER MORALITY

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WHATEVER.SUCKS TO BE YOU.

MASTERS DON’T TAKE THETIME TO

UNDERSTAND THE SLAVES.

...LEADING TO MISCONCEPTIONS OF

THEM

MASTER MORALITY

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MARKED BY THEASCENTOF THEPRIESTLYCLASS

HAS ORIGINS IN

THE KNIGHTLY-

ARISTOCRATIC

CLASS, BUT SOON

DEVELOPS CONFLICT

WITH IT

SLAVE MORALITY

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THE RISE OF

EVIL!SLAVE MORALITY

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SLAVE MORALITY

GOODNESS OUT OF WEAKNESS

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SLAVE MORALITY

INSTRUMENTALIZATION

OF GOD

HEAVENLY REWARDLAST JUDGMENT

GOD OVER GODLESS

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SLAVE MORALITY

THE GREAT

JEWISHREVERSAL

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SLAVE MORALITY

THE PREDOMINANCE OF

CHRISTIANITY

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POLARIZING FURTHER

IN WHAT ASPECTS ARE THE MORALITIES OPPOSED?

I.E. WHERE IS THE LOVE?!

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ON PROBLEMS.THE MASTERS TAKE THEM IN STRIDE.

THE SLAVES PULL THEIR HAIRS OFF EVERY SINGLE ONE.

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ON THE CONCEPT OF GOOD.THE MASTERS TAKE IT AS POWERFUL PHYSICALITY AND MAINTAINING THAT.

THE SLAVES TAKE IT AS BEING HUMBLE AND UNLIKE THE MASTERS.

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ON THE CONCEPT OF NON-GOOD.THE MASTERS TAKE IT AS ANYTHING THAT ISN’T THEM.

THE SLAVES TAKE IT AS EVIL, MUCH GREATER THAN THE MASTERS’ “BAD”.

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THEIR PRIMARY FOCUS.

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

THE SLAVES ARE FIXATED ON THE MASTERS; THEY EXISTFOR THE DESTRUCTION OF THE OPPOSING CLASS.

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A FEW IMPORTANT IDEAS BEFORE WE END

THE ANALOGY AND THEGRAMMAR PREDICAMENT

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“THOSE LEAST LIKE THE BIRDS OF PREY ARE GOOD.”

ACCORDING TO THE SLAVES,

“WE MOCK LAMBS, BUT WEDON’T HATE THEM.”

ACCORDING TO THE MASTERS,

ESPECIALLY IF THEY’RE THE EXACT OPPOSITE.

WHO DOESN’T LIKE A TENDER LAMB?

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SUBJECTACTOR} {PREDICATE

ACTION

ASDISTINCT

FROM

GRAMMAR MAKES US UNDERSTAND...

...BUT THIS ISN’T REALLY HOW THINGS WORK.

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WHAT IS LIGHTNING IF IT DOESN’T FLASH?

“BIRDS OF PREY KILL.”WHAT ARE BIRDS OF PREY IF THEY DON’T KILL?

“LIGHTNING FLASHES.”

THE SUBJECTS ARE THEIR PREDICATES.

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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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THANKS!NOW IS THE TIME FOR YOUR VIOLENT REACTIONS.(ALTHOUGH WE DISCOURAGE THAT BECAUSE IT IS A QUITECOVERT DISPLAY OF SLAVE MORALITY.)

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