We shall show them that they are weak, that they are only pitiful children, but that childlike happiness is the sweetest of all. They will become timid and will look to us and huddle close to us in fear, as chicks to the hen. They will marvel at us and will be awe-stricken before us, and will be proud at our being so powerful and clever that we have been able to subdue such a turbulent flock of thousands of millions. They will tremble impotently before our wrath, their minds will grow fearful, they will be quick to shed tears like women and children, but they will be just as ready at a sign from us to pass to laughter and rejoicing, to happy mirth and childish song." From "The Grand Inquisitor"
1. Explain how the Grand Inquisitor, in Dostoyevsky's "The Grand Inquisitor" rationalizes his use of power. Do you agree or disagree with him and why?
2. Do you think that the powerful few, the Grand Inquisitor and the rulers of the Catholic Church, suffer to make the many happy? Your answer should include ways in which the Judea-Christian ethic is violated.
3. Would Nietzsche consider the Grand Inquisitor a master moralist or a slave moralist? After defining slave and master morality, give an argument based on your reading of Nietzsche Beyond Good and Evil that justifies your answer.