Aristocratic morality#
Summary#
Aristocratic morality is characterized by a noble taste that denies or is skeptical toward suffering, treating pain with light-minded toleration rather than taking it as seriously as slave morality does. This attitude of half-stoical indifference stands in contrast to the slave’s unconditional, tyrannous nature in morals, who loves and hates without nuance. According to Nietzsche, it was precisely this aristocratic skepticism regarding suffering that provoked revolt, contributing to upheavals like the French Revolution.