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On the Genealogy of Morality prints master/slave moral history including the ‘blond beast’ figure

In 1887 Zur Genealogie der Moral publicly retold morals as a slave revolt and used the blond beast as a figure of noble predation. In the causal graph this event weakens Protection of Minority Rights, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

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In 1887 Zur Genealogie der Moral publicly retold morals as a slave revolt and used the blond beast as a figure of noble predation.

Context

A genealogy can unmask cruelty in pity and can hand later racists a caption. Nazi use is a later separate row.

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

Why it matters

A canonical moral history that animalises ‘masters’ as beasts is a minority-rights risk once it is a school book.

Keep 1934 villa reception on its own date.

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.

    1. FactOn the Genealogy of Morality prints master/slave moral history including the ‘blond beast’ figure
    2. weakensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 16 November 1887 · verified

    A canonical moral history that animalises ‘masters’ as beasts is a minority-rights risk once it is a school book.

    • Having a say in government

      via Protection of Minority Rights

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Protection of Minority Rights

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.The Genealogy of Morals — public-domain EnglishProject Gutenberg · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Nietzsche Source — Digital Critical Edition (eKGWB)Nietzsche Source / Paolo D’Iorio · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

eKGWB Genealogy and Gutenberg’s English independently contain the master/slave and blond-beast pages.

Established: 1887 public Genealogy with those figures. Not established: that he authored Nuremberg law.

Contribution type is direct.

Causal path

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

  1. ActorFriedrich Nietzsche
  2. contributed toFactOn the Genealogy of Morality prints master/slave moral history including the ‘blond beast’ figure
  3. weakensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). On the Genealogy of Morality prints master/slave moral history including the ‘blond beast’ figure. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/nie-genealogy-slave-1887

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

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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