He divides morality into two parts, master morality and slave morality. Master morality contains those who set the standard for good on their own convictions, usually higher-class people. ... He states that master morality dismisses and casts out many people. He compares the morality of the Christian church with master morality. ... Simone de Beauvior composed Freedom and Morality. ...
Being such a political animal, man succumbs to a natural urge and pairs off with a woman, similarly, a master pairs with a slave to better enable life and then, in succession, a household, a village and a state is formed; the end-product here is, supposedly a virtuous polis in a collective and individual sense. ... The consequences of such relations are thought to be entirely positive and include a system of justice, increased emphasis on morality and an illumination of the path to the good life. ... Thus an association of master and slave is "established according to nature for the satisf...
Alighieri opted to write Inferno as vernacular literature in order to address and apply its message of conflicting moralities to a wider audience, of and from medieval Italy, and to the world today. ... And to Dante's surprise, he found Aristotle among the souls in the "Citadel of Human Reason," who is described, "the master of those who know, ringed by the great souls of philosophy (Alighieri III. 131-132).... The nine circles conveyed in the Inferno are relevant examples of conflicting moralities that reflected both medieval Europe and the world today. ...
Egypt, though subordinated to the Christian and biblical traditions on issues of religion and morality, was clearly placed as the source of all 'Gentile' or secular wisdom. ... Ma'at is also viewed in philosophy, perfection of knowledge, morality of truth and justice and the metaphysical. ...
