Nietzsche means something different from ethics when using the term morality
He presents himself as a “critic of morality”
Although also talks about “higher moralities” as things he approves of, using the same German word.
Leitner distinguishes these senses by introducing the term “morality in the pejorative sense”
What characterizes the types of morality Nietzsche’s opposed to?
Has particular assumptions about human nature that Nietzsche takes to be false.
E.g. assuming there is “free/autonomous agency” of the sort Nietzsche thinks doesn’t exist.
Has certain normative content he doesn’t like (big disjunctive list)
Egalitarianism
High value on pity / altruism
Especially high value on happiness / low value on suffering
E.g. Nietzsche is a critic of utilitarianism, which might have some but not all of these features