Morality is a strong creator of prosperity or detriment in a person’s life. One cannot act against their own moral code. The two famous thinkers in the development of morality are Sigmund Freud and Friedrich Nietzsche. Both of these thinkers had wonderful views on the development and influence of morality in a person. Freud argued that Morality comes from within a person and their interaction with the outside world. Whereas Nietzsche argues that society creates two versions of morality a slave morality and a noble morality. While it seems like these two ideas are completely separate this paper will contend that both are correct and that Freud and Nietzsche are arguing the same versions of morality but they are only linked through a personal…show more content… First the lamb’s version of morality is called “the slave morality”. The slave morality is developed through the feeling of being oppressed by others. The lambs are powerless to stop the birds of prey and so the lambs decide that the birds are evil for they prey upon the weak. Therefore, the meek Lambs are the good in the society. This idea of having a ressentiment (i.e. the need to blame one’s problem on an external force) is essential to have a functional slave morality. Nietzsche says, “in order to exist, slave morality always needs first a hostile external world (37).” Nietzsche is saying that by turning the hatred of one’s situation onto another the result is the slave morality. The birds of prey on the other hand have a differing morality: the noble…show more content… Because of this the aforementioned person will pursue this ideal and look to accomplish it however is necessary even if they must use others to do it. The resulting thoughts are similar to the noble morality in that they say, “how did I go wrong.” This emphasis on their own fault will result in the noble morality where the problems that a person faces is often of their own design. On the opposite side the people who focus on the conscience will fall into the slave morality because they will believe that the reason they cannot satisfy their id and ego is because of the societal rules. They will claim that they cannot advance because of the societal values. This thought process will create a sense of victimization in the person making them stay where they
