An introspection on morality.

“This surmounting of morality, in a certain sense even the self-surmounting of morality—let that be the name for the long-secret labour which has been reserved for the most refined, the most upright, and also the most wicked consciences of today, as the living touchstones of the soul.” (Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, Section 32)

Nietzsche gives us a subtle notion that we must reject the scripted views on morality that we have adopted as a society. Looking mostly to Christianity, in my opinion—it has long been accepted that we may mistreat others in the name of some deity, because of their lack of belief. As a Christian myself—well, mainly a Christian Buddhist, I find the laws of nature and humanity to be a single derivative of morality. Survival of the quickest to adapt to their surroundings, rather than the survival of the fittest… as described by ‘natural selection.’

However, over a long enough timeline, humanity has shown itself to be more accustomed to evil deeds—lacking any type of morality—than willing to adjust in order to form a better society.