Nietzsche on Cruelty

Human All Too Human 101

Don't judge the past too harshly when standards were different and convictions held were wrong. Much cruelty can be attributed to lack of understanding. Also, those who give orders don't see them carried out. Their victims are often considered inferior or lower than them. They lack imagination and empathy. That the other suffers has to be learned and it can never be learned fully.

 
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