Master–Slave Morality
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Master–Slave Morality
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#2Reminded of this quote from Cannery Row:
"It has always seemed strange to me, the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second."
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#3I can't be the only one thinking this would be an article on drive replication.
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#4Reminded of this quote from Cannery Row: "It has always seemed strange to me, the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of…
I think the biggest issue is that for the system to succeed, most participants need to display the first list of traits. But for any individual within the system, personal success may be easier to obtain by displaying the second set (though that is not necessarily true, in my experience).
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#5This is not a meaningful or interesting article for Hacker News, and in the world of Philosophy this is not a slam dunk of a concept.
Re: Master–Slave Morality
#6I can't be the only one thinking this would be an article on drive replication.
I was thinking of 2 drives on an IDE cable[1], until I read "Morality".
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_ATA#Multiple_devices_...
(kind of wondering if that use of Master-Slave is so old that I really needed to cite it...)
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#7This is not a meaningful or interesting article for Hacker News, and in the world of Philosophy this is not a slam dunk of a concept.
Imagine being uninterested in the human condition.
Re: Master–Slave Morality
#8Reminded of this quote from Cannery Row: "It has always seemed strange to me, the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of…
Maybe a reason why so many are so fond of mafia movies.
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#9This is not a meaningful or interesting article for Hacker News, and in the world of Philosophy this is not a slam dunk of a concept.
Counterargument: it was meaningful and interesting to me.
Re: Master–Slave Morality
#10This is not a meaningful or interesting article for Hacker News, and in the world of Philosophy this is not a slam dunk of a concept.
Contextualise, under Nietzsche's master-slave moralities, the following topics over which there is an abundance of articles and discussions on HN, posted by people who frequent HN:
Gender/racial equality, language games over gender, rights to be called one name or another, the elusive one percent, supposed rights to privacy and free speech, the right not to incriminate oneself, the pornification/glorification of work, the hustle, start-up culture, premium mediocrity etc.