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The same Genealogy treats pity as a weakening value rather than a duty to the injured

Genealogy publicly teaches that pity (Mitleid) is a danger to the strong and a tool of the weak. In the causal graph this event weakens Humanitarian Access, a driver that strengthens People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC) — an improving welfare path.

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Genealogy publicly teaches that pity (Mitleid) is a danger to the strong and a tool of the weak.

Context

A critique of sentimental politics can be honest and can thin the duty to relieve. Medium-high confidence on the printed counsel; no famine series is attached.

Friedrich Nietzsche’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Why it matters

Pity-critique is not the 1870 medical orderly service.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Nietzsche’s Moral and Political PhilosophyStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Nietzsche Source — Digital Critical Edition (eKGWB)Nietzsche Source / Paolo D’Iorio · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Stanford’s moral-political entry and the 1887 text independently centre the attack on pity.

Established: 1887 public anti-pity argument. Not established: a unique relief-budget coefficient.

Contribution type is direct.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorFriedrich Nietzsche
  2. contributed toFactThe same Genealogy treats pity as a weakening value rather than a duty to the injured
  3. weakensDriverHumanitarian Access
  4. strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)

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Factrail. (2026). The same Genealogy treats pity as a weakening value rather than a duty to the injured. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/nie-genealogy-pity-1887

https://factrail.ai/facts/nie-genealogy-pity-1887

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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