ABSTRACT
This chapter explores Nietzsche's criticism of moral systems by outlining what he variously calls "herd" or "slave" morality. Morality is that branch of philosophy that studies what is good and what is right. It divides into two sub-disciplines: meta-ethics and normative ethics. Nietzsche discussed morality in every book he wrote, but his most extended discussions of it occur in Beyond Good and Evil and The Genealogy of Morals. The body of The Genealogy of Morals is divided into three essays, each with its own topic. In the first essay, Nietzsche investigates the history of moral values by contrasting the distinction between good and bad, on the one hand, and good and evil, on the other. In the second essay, he analyses the emergence of the psychological capacity for guilt and bad conscience, a cornerstone for the development of modern moral values. And in the third essay, he investigates the implications of the ascetic moral values of chastity, humility and poverty.
