In On the Genealogy of Morals, Friedrich Nietzsche provides three essays which collectively challenge the belief that morality is an eternal, absolute truth which originated from some otherworldly source. The first essay, "Good and Evil, Good and Bad," introduces the concepts of "master morality" and "slave morality." This distinction is the foundation for the Genealogy's subsequent analysis. In the second essay, "Guilt, Bad Conscience and the Like," Nietzsche explains how slave morality transformed and recreated …showed first 75 words of 1216 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1216 total…that the fundamentals of morality are not shared by these seemingly disparate peoples. Accountability and justice, while not always practiced, have at least been adhered to in principle throughout history. While human sacrifice existed in ancient times, indiscriminate murder has never been a generally accepted form of behavior. Universal morals and values have proven to be very real, lasting, and important parts of humanity and to disregard this fact is simply to deny the truth.