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What are the psychological implications of slave morality?

How did Nietzche influence post-modern psychology, if he did? Do psychologists today really believe slave morality has no moral or logical truth and is just a way of transferring an inferiority complex? If so, are inferiority complexes synonymous with slave morality? How do you get rid of slave morality if you have it and is there a way other than just self-esteem boosting?

Public Comments

1. I believe that it is extremely difficult to change ones morality after it has been set in childhood. I've seen it over and over again. Many of my friends and acquaintances have both gained and lost fortunes and social status but never changed their morality. The psychological implications of the slave morality concept is felt by individuals daily. Ones own concept of his morality governs most of his decisions that he is forced to make every day of his life. Indeed, I believe that morality is set in childhood by a combination of genetic tendencies and the perceptions of the implications of actions of individuals who interact with an individual at some level of intimacy on a routine basis. A psychologist or psychiatrist cannot change ones morality. The best one can do is to set a positive example for children in terms of what one believes is good in terms of morality. That is not saying that one has the best morality, but that one can concentrate more on the good than the bad. The idea that one can boost someones self esteem by routinely praising mediocre and poor performance will only result in an over inflated self esteem which may lead to resentment and anger when one finds that, in the real world, self esteem is earned through praiseworthy and diligent actions, not undeserving praise.