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According to The Genealogy of Morals, Friedrich Nietzsche's account of history regarding the origin of morality posed a decadent contention that deeply challenged him. This problem resulted in an enlightening new perspective that altered his foundation of morality: a question of value. His objection was to clarify the origin of the moral language, in order to establish a placement for the value of morality. He began his journey by theorizing the division of individuals into two types of morality- master and slave morality.
The masters had a powerful physicality, and were defined as independent and noble. The master morality valued pride, faith, and confidence within themselves and maintained a strong animosity toward selflessness and the weak. Antithetical to the master morality was the slave morality. The slaves maintained an insignificant, oppressed character. "The slave morality begins when ressentiment itself becomes creative and gives birth to values" (36, 10). The......

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