The priests claim that the nobles are free to pick their actions and are, thus, held responsible for the suffering and violence they cause. “It is within the discretion of the strong to be weak.” (Nietzsche, 179). This new claim, of the priests’, not only makes the spontaneous and instinctual actions of the nobles as evil doings, but also portrays the priests’ weakness as a willed and worthy act. The weak also claim that they “prefer their suffering which they propose as an unassailable index of their goodness. The slaves could retaliate if they so desired… but they choose instead the righteous path of suffering and self-deprivation.” (Conway, 46). Thus, this concept of ‘free will’ allows the slaves to interpret the suffering they endure, which is caused by the nobles, as a virtuous
The priests claim that the nobles are free to pick their actions and are, thus, held responsible for the suffering and violence they cause. “It is within the discretion of the strong to be weak.” (Nietzsche, 179). This new claim, of the priests’, not only makes the spontaneous and instinctual actions of the nobles as evil doings, but also portrays the priests’ weakness as a willed and worthy act. The weak also claim that they “prefer their suffering which they propose as an unassailable index of their goodness. The slaves could retaliate if they so desired… but they choose instead the righteous path of suffering and self-deprivation.” (Conway, 46). Thus, this concept of ‘free will’ allows the slaves to interpret the suffering they endure, which is caused by the nobles, as a virtuous