Nietzsche not only rejected Christian Values and the Secular Values, but he also rejected the Values of the herd. Nietzsche had little regard for the attempt to shape a moral standard into a universal or categorical moral guideline for behavior. His proposal was part of his reconstruction of the foundation of morality.
Nietzsche's Rejection of Herd Values
• Nietzsche attacks the values of the herd. In this it becomes apparent that Nietzsche was not a dramatic philosopher. He had little regard for the populace in general. In addition he had little regard for efforts such as that of Immanuel Kant in his Categorical Imperative to discover a universal moral law that had relevance for culture and society in general and also the idea the quest for the moral code that possesses timelessness or an eternal quality. To attempt to discover such an ethic for Nietzsche was to trivialize morality and humanity. Nietzsche is concerned with the great and the noble people. In his opinion, the great and the noble of society should not be restricted by rules and principles, but each individual of status should be a law to himself. As such he will know the right thing to do and will possess the power to do that thing.
