28. Friedrich Nietzsche on The Origins of Morality

In this episode we unpack the first essay in German Existentialist Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's classic work "The Genealogy of Morals" from 1887. This Essay Explores... The Etymology of the words 'good', 'bad', and 'evil' Nietzsche's Concepts of Master & Slave Morality Which type of Morality is dominant in the Western world today Links to Reading & Articles mentioned On the Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche The Vocation Lectures by Max Weber Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud *note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode! Host: Zach Stehura  ⁠⁠UnpackingIdeas.com⁠⁠ Guest: Samuel Le Coutour Theme Music: ⁠⁠Polyenso Time Stamps 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:35 Challenges in Discussing this piece 00:04:49 Nuances in Nietzsche’s terminology  00:07:15 Questions Nietzsche is Trying Answers 00:09:36 “We are Unknown, we Knowers of Ourselves to ourselves” 00:11:11 Moral Prejudices of his time 00:13:54 Etymology of the words ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’ 00:17:15 Language as an Expression of Power 00:21:20 The Function of The Priest in Society  00:23:54 Using Morality to Justify Domination  00:27:29 The Invention of Free Will 00:32:30 The Slave Revolt in Morality  00:36:14 Ressentiment 00:41:07 Nietzsche’s fear of Slave Morality  00:45:30 Nietzsche’s Criticism of Master Morality 00:47:43 Nietzsche’s Solution  00:49:18 The Battle Between Master & Slave Morality on the psychological level 00:55:49 The Battle Between Master & Slave Morality on the societal level 1:00:15 Secular manifestations of Slave Morality  1:02:09 Wrapping up/Outro