Herding-animal morality#
Summary#
Nietzsche’s term for the dominant morality of modern Europe, which he argues derives from the instincts of the “herding human animal.” This morality presents itself as the only possible morality, defending itself against any notion of higher or alternative moralities. It manifests in democratic movements, socialism, and the religion of sympathy, all united in their hostility to hierarchy and their belief in the community as deliverer.