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In “The ‘Improvers’ of Mankind,” Nietzsche argues that there is no such thing as absolute, objective morality. To prove his point, he examines how moralists (primarily religious leaders) have imposed moral codes on humanity through immoral means. The lines in this passage are the final lines of this section. They contain the conclusion that Nietzsche ultimately reaches: “every means hitherto employed with the intention of making mankind moral has been thoroughly immoral.” Nietzsche is saying that the moral codes of these supposed authorities on objectively high morality aren’t as clear-cut and objective as they might seem.
Instead, every initiative they…