Full Idea
What is searching for truth, truthfulness, honesty if not something moral?
Gist of Idea
What is the search for truth if it isn't moral?
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1885-86 [1886], 35[05])
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1885-86 (v 16)', ed/tr. Del Caro,Adrian [Stanford 2020], p.81
A Reaction
Feels right to me. It might be an effect of the virtue of respect. If you respect a person you tell them the truth (assuming they want the truth). Lying to someone is a sort of contempt.