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Full Idea
Slave morality is essentially the morality of utility.
Gist of Idea
The morality of slaves is the morality of utility
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Beyond Good and Evil [1886], §261)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Beyond Good and Evil', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1973], p.178
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