Moral period#
Summary#
The moral period represents a historical phase in which the value of an action came to be judged by its origin and intention rather than its consequences. Nietzsche identifies this as a great refinement of vision, marking the unconscious effect of aristocratic values and the belief in origins. He suggests humanity may now be standing on the threshold of an “ultra-moral” period, where the decisive value of an action lies precisely in what is not intentional, and where morality itself must be surmounted.